I've been hearing such a just lot lately about how two tower stations have
such a big advantage over single tower stations that I just had to speak up
on the subject. Please try to follow me in the discussion below and try to
read between the lines. Let's not get lost in discussions of unimportant
subjects here and overlook the best content on the list, namely unscrupulous
operators running SO2T just to increase their scores and beat those who are
running the more honorable SO1T category.
Now, I realize that these posts could be serious comparisons between the
value of investing in one new piece of hardware vs. another new piece of
hardware for the contester's shack -- a sort of Elmer activity. That angle
is all well and good. I just want to make sure that the word gets out on
two-tower cheaters so everyone knows that the only honorable way to operate
is the way that I personally operate and that all the high scorer's scores
that beat me by running two towers should be discounted or published with a
footnote that says "cheater".
Lets get this straight. This is serious. I think that the only way to deal
with this subject is to keep bringing it up over and over again until I get
my way with the contest sponsors. My property has only got room for one
tower, so I really need this. I'm glad to hear that there are others who
agree with me on this, at least three or more.
Here's the plan. All those running one tower need to send about four
e-mails per week to the list emphasizing that anyone with two towers should
be placed into the "ignore this score" category. Keep bringing up the
"ignore this score" category by its SO2T name until every contester has
heard SO2T so many times that they think it's a legitimate title for a
cheaters category, like "0NIL" representing a bad QSO or "8KW" representing
a bad egg. It may help if three or four glib members of the list keep
harping on the SO2T subject over and over again through several decades
until everyone that hasn't blocked those senders has quit the list. If they
are offended and off the list then they can't disagree anymore.
Once we're done with SO2T cheaters we will move on to "single operator, two
section crankups" (SO2S) and "single operator, two cup headsets" (SO2H).
Soon we'll have those SO2S and SO2H cheaters all categorized so we can move
on to "single operator, two pencils" (SO2P).
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