[Moon] ARRL Contest rules - the same ''SOUP'' every year

[jimmyv at hol.gr]

Hello Wolfgang & Lars

the same ARRL EME ''Contest SOUP'' is served every year. CW stations  
from all bands, including myself, have been sending their opinion and  
input to ARRL Vice -President / current President W5ZN, new Contest  
Manager KX9X and previous one, VUAC committee member (K1JT), to Moon  
Reflectors etc. etc.
Hundreds of e-mails since 2002. Being naive enough, to believe our  
voice will be eventually heard.
Were we totally ingored? YES!

Even the promising new american (White House) President can not change  
the ''black'' situation:-(
The world outside US doesn't exist since cw stations voice has been  
completely trashed (with K1JT being the EME Mastermind of these rules,  
problems and ''Contest'' deterioration for many years).

Will anything change per cw stations years and years request of  
splitting Contest by mode and eliminating Assisted? NO!
Did Prague EME Conference recommendations / discussions (it was then  
that the problem appeared) ever heard / implemented in the last 6  
years? NO!
Were Logger extracts showing clear violations for 2007 (sent to ARRL &  
K1JT) checked? NO!
Were Logs cross checked for validity between them by ARRL? NO!
Was the request for input respected in 2008 rules? (credible multiband  
legendary cw stations sent in their views) NO!
Were comments received by W7EME who did the write-up of 2007  
suppressed and censored by ARRL, despite Jeremy submitting them? YES!

There is the answer! I hope i am proven wrong for 2009 rules onwards,  
but I am quite sure I won't.

73
Jimmy SV1BTR

----- Original Message -----
From: Wolfgang Schlaffer
To: Lars Pettersson
Cc: moon at moonbounce.info
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Moon] ARRL Contest rules - the same procedure as every year

Lars,

how true!

Every year the same procedure. People were asked about input and  
opinion for the contest
rules but  everything ignored or the rules getting even worse (or  
established after the
contest).

Write-ups in QST getting biased, Emails to organizers remain unanswered!

Waste of time!

vy 73 DL5MAE

--- Lars Pettersson <sm4ive at telia.com> schrieb am Fr, 21.11.2008:

Von: Lars Pettersson <sm4ive at telia.com>
Betreff: Re: [Moon] ARRL Contest rules
An: "Koellner, Guenter (NSN - DE/Munich)" <guenter.koellner at nsn.com>,  
moon at moonbounce.info.
Datum: Freitag, 21. November 2008, 7:17


Gunter et All
Why bother about this matter, It was decided at the Prague conference what
kind of rules that should be used, ARRL dosent care! So just ignore this
Contest .
The world outside US doesent exist,

// Lars SM4IVE