Hi Dave;
Good to see you on the reflector again. I nope all is well with you and the
MI gang!
SO2R, as a technique, pre-dates your assessment by at least two decades. My
first contest was in 1957 and W2IOP/W9IOP and W4KFC were employing the
technique (in SS CW at least) way back then. So, I have to think that they
were
using it even before that time too. I am sure some of the real oldtimers in
PVRC/FRC recall much more than I do. There were probably a bunch of other SO2R
guys as well, just not as proficient.
Larry and Vic were the Top SS dogs back then. I still recall that pic of
Larry sitting in front of two 75A4 receiver/KWS-1 kw xmtr combos. Top of the
line gear back then. Very impressive, and they were both top ops.
You are right re "complaints". No one complained. Like you said, it was an
operating technique designed to maximize contest performance. Nothing has
changed, in that regard, but the ridiculous complainers that now leech out of
the
woodwork. ;-)
Take care.
73, Bob K8IA
Arizona USA
In a message dated 3/13/2008 3:32:16 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
k8cc@comcast.net writes:
I have to agree with K9NW on this one. SO2R was quite common in SS back
at least as far as 1978, at least on CW. The top ops figured out that
they needed to utilize their CQing time to look for mults or new QSOs,
and invented their own systems to make it work. Nobody complained that
is was unfair, or should be put into it's own category. People who
hadn't figured out that they needed to do this simply went about their
contesting with one radio...
Back in 1978 there were no logging programs or rig switchers that
supported SO2R, so everybody had to build their own SO2R systems which
became very personalized. Because of CQ-Contest and publications like
the NCJ, many of the SO2R non-adopters figured out what they are
missing. Now you can buy everything needed to do SO2R over the counter,
and my feeling is that many people have adopted SO2R.
However, there is a vocal segment of contesters who are unwilling or
unable to adopt SO2R themselves, and so constantly try to have the
high-achievers restricted to their level. While they're certainly free
to have their opinion, I'm glad that the contest sponsors so far seem to
see no merit in their arguments.
Dave/K8CC
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