The fact that we are now talking about it is reason aplenty they should
have done it.
People are dying and I think that’s much more important than a radio
contest.
I support their right to protest and I’m sure they knew the consequences
going in.
I fully support our sisters and brothers in PR.
Ria
N2RJ
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 8:34 AM Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
wrote:
> While I have the utmost sympathy to our fellow Amateurs in PR, I'm not
> certain that the ARRL DX contest is the appropriate place to make a
> political statement.
>
> If that is indeed what the "00" power was meant to indicate... well, how
> many got the reference? If it only sewed confusion, it didn't serve the
> intended goal. If someone simply logged it and moved on without another
> thought, it didn't serve the intended goal. If someone did get it... well,
> this isn't the appropriate venue to discuss political shenanigans either.
>
> 73, ron W3WN
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Feb 19, 2018 8:17 am
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What's with the power = 0 watts exchange?
>
>
> On 2/18/2018 4:14 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote: > My guess, just a guess -
> is that the puerto rico folks are protesting > the situation on the
> territory where they have NO POWER. This is exactly right. Rusty posted
> this on the NCCC reflector yesterday. = = = = = = both NP4Z and
> NP4G are making statements that commercial power has still not been
> restored in much of Puerto Rico following last year's big storms, thus
> "power is zero". 73 de Rusty, W6OAT
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