This is a great explanation. I agree! Thanks John!
Jim/KC4HW
On 7 Dec 2011 at 12:47, John wrote:
> My "two bits"... If a person chooses to participate in a contest, I believe
> they should stay within the rules for that contest. It has nothing to do with
> the privileges granted you by your license.
>
> A station running 100 watts in a QRP contest, or 1500 watts in a 150 watt
> contest, is not competing for operating frequencies or stations calling them
> on a level playing field. Being stronger than you would otherwise be is also
> misleading to stations trying to figure out optimal propagation paths and
> beam headings.
>
> An analogy would be competing in a stock car race without a restrictor plate.
> Knowing you have 100 more horsepower than the rest of the field, you might
> intend to voluntarily withdraw at the end of the race, but that does not mean
> you did not affect the outcome of the race for people who followed the rules.
>
>
> 73,
>
> John W0DC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: W0MU Mike Fatchett
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 10m RTTY power levels
>
>
> I don't understand why the negative comments either. If I am *not*
> going to submit a score then I can operate within the rules for my license.
>
> We have had great fun in Field Day running 1A err One Alpha...Alpha
> amplifier that is....and we have huge pileups. We don't seem to get any
> complaints from all those that called. Everyone on both sides seemed to
> be having fun so what is the issue?
>
> Contesting and Ham Radio is supposed to be fun.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
>
>
> On 12/7/2011 11:21 AM, Phil Cooper wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I wasn't having a go at anyone with my comments, although I now see that
> it
> > may have appeared this way.
> >
> > I am sure there are some that didn't read the rules, or planned to send
> in a
> > checklog anyway, and kudos to them for operating this way.
> >
> > I did wonder if I had mis-read the rules in some way, as that wouldn't be
> > unknown either. I did re-check just to see if multi-op stations were
> allowed
> > high power, as that can be the case in some contests.
> >
> > I also wanted to make sure that anyone who submitted a 3830 score under
> HP,
> > knew that this was probably in their Cabrillo file too, and to check!
> >
> > Whichever way you look at it, this was a great contest, and it is good to
> > see 10m alive now.
> > There were some nice DX stations active, and my contact with VP2MWG has
> > already been confirmed on LoTW.
> >
> > 73 all
> >
> > Phil GU0SUP
> >
> >
> >
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