Re: [HCDX] The Future Of NORDX -competition

["Stig Hartvig Nielsen" <hartvig@xxxxxx>]

I hardly think this is the right place to discuss the NorDX competition - but I am not familiar with SWEDX. So I'll just make one very brief point: I dont intend to take part any more.

Last years contest was a big scandal. The organizers awarded points to the contestants in a completely different way than stated in the rules which was sent out to the participants. They gave someone (the winner) a lot of points which wasn't possible according to the rules.

I have written to the organizers in Finland a couple of times - but they couldnt see any problem. 

Btw - I won some headphones it the contest which took place October 2000 - and I STILL haven't received the prize.  

So forget about NorDX. It's a waste of time when something can get away with this kind of swindle.    

Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen,
Denmark

PS!
I regret to admit that BV and I were responsible for a very serious delay of the results when we arranged NorDX in 1999. That was indeed less good - actually quite unacceptable. But thats more or less lazyness; at least we weren't cheating with the points ... 



> NDL, the Organizer of NORDX 2001 competition has started a discussion
> about the Future of NORDX. That discussion is taking place on SWEDX at
> the moment. 
> What did we wrong ?, NDL asks. Only 44 competitors took part this year.
> That´s all time low. During NORDX´s heyday in the 80´s and 90´s the
> figure was regularly over 100, even 200 in some years ! 
> NDL did nothing wrong. The main damage was done in previous years, when
> the prestige of this contest became more and more dubious. 
> I have participated since 1966. I remember some controversial jury
> decisions, which always seemed to favour Swedes. Competitors who used
> same listening shacks and same antennas (a kind of cooperation). 
> In some years the organizing clubs haven´t been up to their task, or
> keen to do their job properly. Making competitors look like fools, when
> they wait contest results and/or prizes for nearly 12 months or more. 
> It´s the cumulative effect, not one particular error or mistake, I feel. 
> Best 73´s, Helo.
> 

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