[NLRS] Survey from N5AC

[Donn Baker]

Answered.
And, yes, I did wait an hour between the time I wrote them and the time I
sent them.  They were revised before I sent them, as appropriate.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

At 19:15 25-10-06 EDT, W0ZQ at aol.com wrote:
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>Hello NLRS land.   Seems like it's the  season for surveys !    N5AC from
the 
>NTMS has placed a link to a  survey on the NLRS reflector .... please see
his 
>email and link attached below.  Please be aware that I had no prior input
nor 
>knowledge regarding  this activity whatsoever.    After seeing the posting 
>from Steve,  I did review the contents of the survey and thought that it
asks 
>good questions  that can be of value to us in helping to determining the
long 
>range future of  contesting.   Who can turn down data ?   Yes, some of the  
>questions are biased, but all surveys are biased.   If you don't like  the
way 
>some of the questions are phrased you have an opportunity to comment on
that at 
>the end.    If you have a moment of time, please support  N5AC's efforts and 
>complete the survey.
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>73, Jon
>W0ZQ
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>Fellow  VHF and Microwave Contester,
>
>There have been numerous discussions in the  past about ARRL contest rules in
>the VHF and up contests.  We all know  what it’s like to get beat in a
>contest “fair and square” and we know what  it’s like to encounter
situations
>that make it frustrating to operate in the  contest simply because the rules
>make it less fun or even unfair.
>
>In  an effort to consolidate the opinions of the contesting community, we
>have  created a survey to determine if a number of issues that have come up
>are  really issues that require rule changes or not.  The more input we  have
>on the survey, the better the data will be – even if you do not have  any
>issues with the current state of the rules, we would appreciate your  input
>on the survey to let us know this.
>
>At the conclusion of the  survey period, the results will be tabulated and
>provided to the VUAC as well  as the participants in the survey. Please take
>a moment to answer the survey  and if you see a geographical region not
>listed in the “to” line of this  email, please feel free to forward the
>survey to other groups --- the more  input the better.  Here is the link for
>the  survey.
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>http://phpesp.n5ac.com/public/survey.php?name=VHF_Contesting_Rules  
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>The survey will be active for one week, ending on NOVEMBER 1ST.   
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>Thanks & 73,
>Steve, N5AC
>VP, North Texas Microwave Society  
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