[Elecraft] (Fwd) [DX-NEWS] New QRP WARC-Speed DX Challenge!

[Thomas M. Beaudry]

Really!  Be careful with what you say people.  Remember the rule of thumb:
don't
say anything in email that you wouldn't say to the person's face.  I could
be wrong
but I don't think this conversation would have gone the way it did if people
had
been talking face-to-face...

Now for my two cents for the contest v. award question...

Seems to me to be an award, not even a shade of gray to it.  Here's my
responses
to the arguments people have posted:

1.  Runs for a limited time period.  ARRL has done this with the DXCC and
WAS
awards.  There are awards from other organizations that are time limited as
well.

2.  Awards the top three.  Sounds like the DXCC top of the honor roll except
they're honoring the top three places instead of just first place.
Remember, they're
also giving awards to anyone who makes simple DXCC.

Ok, I'm off the soap box now and won't be responding to anything further on
this thread.

73,
Thomas M. Beaudry
k8la / ys1ztm
k8la@arrl.net

----- Original Message -----

> > > I just knew the "WARC BAND POLICE" were gonna get rabid on this. For
> > > those that didn't read the entire announcement, I'll just requote this
part:
> >
> > I think since you brought the thread from QRP-L here, you should have
> > also brought over the negative comments.
> >
> > What you've done is told one side of the story.
> >
>
> Whoa, let's get our facts straight. I DID NOT bring this thread from
QRP-L.
> I unsubscribed from QRP-L several days ago. I received the announcement
> announcement of the OPERATING ACTIVITY on the DX-NEWS reflector,
> and thought I would pass it on, as it sounded like a fun thing. There is
no "side
> to the story." I merely posted the announcement. Get off your high horse!
>
> > > And incidentally, contesting is not VERBOTEN. Rather it is
discouraged,
> > > by "Gentleman's Agreement." There is NO regulation forbidding it.
> > > Nevertheless, that doesn't even apply here.
> >
> > That is STRICKLY a matter of opinion...and there are folks who disagree
> > with your premise.
>
> No, that is not "strickly(sic)" a matter of opinion. There is NO place in
> Part 97 that forbids contesting on the WARC bands.
>
>  Enough!
>
> If you want to have some fun, great! If you want to spend all your time
> "protecting" the bands from other people having fun, NUTS!