I agree. In major league baseball, we should use aluminum baseball bats.
In sport fishing, a stick of dynamite will suffice. In auto racing, perhaps
Jet A would work better. In marathoning, perhaps I could use a taxi cab for
a couple miles.
73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message -----
From: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Blind Mode for N1MM Bandmap
>> >It is disappointing that we keep having these conversations about how to
>> subvert the rules.
>> Sure is!
>>
>> >Pan adapters, waterfalls, or asterisks, they are all uses of technology
>> to
>> >see what is going on around the band. Part of the fun of contesting is
>> >making the decisions around when to stay and when to go. At least
>> >that's
>> >part that has made the game continuously entertaining and fascinating to
>> me.
>>
>> Me too. It's not that I'm anti "technology", but it seems to me people
>> are missing a part of what makes contesting, or DXing for that matter,
>> enjoyable when they rely on tools such at these to make QSO's. I've
>> always found it far more satisfying to uncover a multiplier, additional
>> QSO's, or work a new one on Topband when it's not aided by something that
>> replaces operator skill.
>
> And I consider learning new technology and how to integrate it into the
> station and operating practices as part of improving operator skill.
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: k4zw@comcast.net [mailto:k4zw@comcast.net]
>> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 13:06
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Blind Mode for N1MM Bandmap
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ken K4ZW
>>
>>
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