ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Not at all. The Limited Class should be designed to attract a large number of hams who are presently non-contesters. Some hams will want to stay in that class
Absolutely. He should score high in the Unlimited Class. Is football/baseball/basketball/soccer boring because they all use the same equipment? I'll say it again: It's the close competition that make
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Lowest common denominator would probably be a two meter HT. You are going at it backwards, Joe. I'm not trying to define a class which would fit all existing s
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- A meaningless comparison. One can golf every day if he wants, but how does one contest every day? Nice try, though. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Of course. Low power class discriminates against amplifier owners. Unasissted discriminates against internet and/or VHF packet users. Single op discriminates a
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Joe, let's cut to the chase. What is your real motivation for opposing an SO1R class? You have given us all kinds of excuses, but all of them are easily overco
If the RX is off when the TX is on, it's SO1R. The advantage of SO2R is listening while transmitting. Bill, W6WRT -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: _____________________________________________
You say "not necessarily", but I don't see any disagreement. In your example, when one TX is on, so is the other RX. With SO1R you can either be in TX mode or RX mode but not both. Please clarify. Bi
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Get one thing straight, Joe: Under the classes I propose, I would be in the Unlimited class by virtue of my antenna. I would still have only one radio. I am no
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Since this is the RTTY reflector, I should point out that nearly all of us use computers to send and receive RTTY during contests. Going to paper logs would be
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Like a few others, you totally miss the point. The proposed SO1R class is not to guarantee a win or rearrange the top ten listing or anything of the like. The
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- If that were true in my own case, why am I advocating the creation of a class which I myself can not operate in? You have totally misunderstood the reasons for
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Well, perhaps you are right, but in the true spirit of Old Tyme Ham Radio, you will have to make your own paper and pencil. In fact, you have to grow your own
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- "Exile SO2R"? Where did that come from? SO2R stations can operate as they always have. What's wanted is a separate class for SO1R. Bill, W6WRT ________________
King George III whining about those pesky colonists. _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Agreed. In fact I kind of like the rarity of RTTY as a DXPedition mode. It makes the QSO even more valuable when you do get it. Anyone off the street can make
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- What about your high school football team making it to the provincial championship? Would they be #1 on their "level playing field"? Bill, W6WRT ______________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Do the NHL teams: 1. All use the same equipment? 2. Play on the same rink? 3. Play on a level rink? 4. Play against high school teams? Ask yourself how excitin
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- That is basically all the SO1R guys want. I continue to be amazed at the SO2R guys who don't want it. Bill, W6WRT _____________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Good question. Here's a good answer: Because that second radio gives a greater advantage than anything you could do with antennas, IMO. With two radios, you ca