Jeff,
Massaging your entry to attempt to qualify for an easier category you don't is
unethical.
Entering a TOUGHER category than you operated? Why is that even an issue?
If you start a contest in high power and your amp fails, but realize you're
still having enough fun limping home barefoot, does that mean you must become a
checklog rather than enter HP?
If you start a contest barefoot and then turn your amp on, if you submit as
high-power, what ethical breach have you committed? Is having the audacity to
claim credit for those more-difficult LP contacts an egregious insult to those
guys who started burning lifespan off their 3CX1500s at the start?
If a handicapped boxer wins a match against an able-bodied opponent and the
first boxer's handicap is only discovered afterward, is his victory null?
Really: M2 should not be able to beat MM. But if it happens, it's not the fault
if the M2.
73, Kelly
ve4xt
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> On Dec 8, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Those of you that think this whole thing is OK should look up the words
> sportsmanship in the dictionary.
>
> Contesting is more than just having the highest score. Acting in a respectful
> manner towards your peers is just as important. If you lose move on and try
> to do better next year. Doing what CR3L did isn't going to earn them any
> respect.
>
> It's sad that some people ignore this fact and try to win something at all
> costs.
>
> The greatest example of sportsmanship I see every year is the MM battle
> between W3LPL and K3LR. It's always a close battle but Tim and Frank ALWAYS
> congratulate each others efforts on both 3830 and when comparing their
> numbers on the air when the contest ends. In my book that's class..
>
> Jeff
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