Great Idea Bob I fully support it. So here is what I did.
The following URL lists the email address of the Contest
committee at the ARRL.
http://www.arrl.org/contests/cac.html
I copied Bob's entire email then went to the first officer
in line and sent him an email. I put in a header that I was
forwarding Bob's email because I thought it was a great
idea. Then pasted in Bob's email. I then copied the whole
response and sent the first one. After that just click on
the email address, hit control V and send. I think Bob has
a great idea and its about time. This is one contest even I
would enter. Lets get behind bob and support him on this.
Heck we could even sponsor it as the Ten Tec reflector
members.
--- Bob Mauro - PeopleNet <mauro@idt.net> wrote:
>
> The following is a letter I just wrote to the ARRL. If
> you think
> it's a good idea, PLEASE write to the ARRL supporting my
> idea:
>
> October 19, 2000
>
> ARRL
> 225 Main Street
> Newington, CT 06111
>
> Dear ARRL:
>
> I think it's about time amateur radio recognized the
> abilities of hams with disabilities. And a great way to
> do that
> would be for the ARRL to sponsor a new contest.
> Each year on the weekend closest to the anniversary
> of the
> signing into law of the Americans with Disabilities Act
> (ADA),
> July 26, why not sponsor a HandiHam Worldwide Contest,
> perhaps in
> conjunction with the HandiHam Courage Center.
> EVERYONE COULD PARTICIPATE -- but contestants would
> get
> extra points for working disabled hams.
> During the contest, disabled hams would call CQ CQ
> HH DE
> KZ2G, for instance. Nondisabled hams would call CQ CQ HH
> ND DE
> W1AW, for example. The ND would stand for nondisabled.
> Scoring could be 5 points for every HH worked and 3
> points
> for every ND worked on CW. Contestants would get 2
> points for
> every HH worked and 1 point for every ND worked on SSB.
> Multipliers could be the number of stations worked times
> the sum
> of countries plus sections.
> For instants, someone with 257 points who made 57
> contacts
> which included 10 countries plus 13 sections would have a
> multiplier of (57*23)=1311. Then multiply total points
> by the
> multiplier's total (257*1311) to get a score = 336927.
> Please let me know what you think of my idea.
>
> Sincerely,
> Robert Mauro, KZ2G
>
> CC: The Courage HANDI-HAM System, 3915 Golden Valley
> Road,
> Golden Valley, MN 55422
>
> Bob Mauro, Mauro@Idt.Net Amateur Radio Station
> KZ2G
>
>
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