Welcome! You can count on this discussion once or twice a year. The arguments are the same, just a few new participants in the discussion each year. It's a flawed situation with no perfect answers. W
If that's your definition, "Limited Mode" should be defined as a multiband vertical (e.g., flagpole), an endfed wire or a 1/2 wave dipole/inverted V no higher than 50 feet. Anything beyond the most b
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- So is HP/LP, SO/MO and assisted/unassisted. Shall those classes be eliminated? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RT
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
W6WRT Write: If you are going to create a limited class, make it the lowest common denominator so that everyone has an equal chance. Otherwise you are picking winners and losers ... I would suggest t
Joe..."liking" the guys who do SO2R is *NOT* the point. I like everybody (except when they resort to name calling and sarcasm). I think it is truly great that they [SO2R operators] have the knowledge
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
The problem with trying to define a class is you discriminate against certain techniques and attempt to draw a line in the sand. In doing so your definition of limited vs. unlimited would create a gr
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
That same top contester also says he started doing SO2R to overcome antenna disadvantages. Are you saying there isn't a 25%, 50% or more difference between the flagpole/endfed wire and stacked triba
Which is a roundabout way of admitting that there *IS* an advantage for SO2R. Well, the academic (if not practical) answer to that question is that technology keeps changing. Because as you say, it w
I'm not arguing that. The first two are obvious significant advantages and have been for 50 years of contesting. The High vs. Low power advantage was perhaps 100% in the early days. However, SO2R wil
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