I thought that too, BUT then, if the "Chosen" are told what the
equipment "WILL" be, then they have time to use it and get accustomed to
it true?
Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/10/2017 1:53 PM, Ria Jairam wrote:
I always wondered that. My guess is that the competitors are
accustomed to their particular radios and therefore throwing something
completely unknown to them would be to their detriment while those who
use the model similar to the competition radio daily would have an
advantage, so it's not even really leveling the playing field...
Or it could just be a case of not wanting to spend money on radios. (A
radio mfg could step up and sponsor, but that's still a lot of radios).
Ria
N2RJ
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Joe <nss@mwt.net
<mailto:nss@mwt.net>> wrote:
Speaking of WRTC,
Why don't we truly level it off totally.
We already got Sites ( as close as possible ) and Identical
antenna systems.
Why not take the last step? The stuff on the Desk.
Make them all the same also.
Why Not?
Joe WB9SBD
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The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
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On 3/10/2017 11:56 AM, Ria Jairam wrote:
I think that this is a bit of a stretch, by the same token we
should ban
second radios from "true" single op because a second radio
looking for
mults is almost like having a second operator.
Let's all step back for a moment and not try to box everything
that can
give someone an edge as assistance to the level of the
assisted category
with the cluster. Inherently, someone somewhere will find an
advantage
unfair. An op in Kansas can never score as well as someone in
New England.
Or even an op on a hilltop nearly always scores better than
someone in the
valley. An op with a K3 will score better than someone with a
FT-101 and
someone with 500w cannot break as many pileups as someone with
1500. And so
on.
"True fairness" is for WRTC, where everything is leveled. Even so,
contestants can choose some things which are advantageous to
them such as
logging software and transceiver. But for regular contesting,
everyone will
have advantages and disadvantages. That's just the nature of
the game.
I think we started to go over this cliff of "non-cluster
assistance" with
the skimmer debate and subsequent rule but now it is going a
bit too far.
Ham radio used to be about the advancement of the radio art,
both in
technical and operational aspects. Some of these proposals in
contesting to
cripple capability in the name of "fairness" truly make me
wonder if that
is even an objective in the hobby anymore.
Ria
N2RJ
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