VO1HE asked: It was widely known - and accepted - that most of the SS Top 10 from 25-30 years ago was employing SO2R tactics in some manner or another. There were NCJ articles describing various swit
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
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
And this is exactly why radio contests will never be considered a true sport, no level playing field. Imagine if in baseball steroids were "allowed", wink wink. Pat N8VW Ohio Independent Contesters _
The level playing field argument has never really resonated with me, and here's why: Why is an operator who develops the ability to SO2R (and it is a skill, it's not plug-and-play) any different than
I think that a lot of Hams don't get a very simple fact. A dilettante such as myself can work in the same contest as the world's best operators. How cool is that? If Baseball or football was this way
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The difference is the additional hardware... the second radio and antenna. In your examples above with the slugger, the linebacker and the golf pro, there is no