OK, if there is really no advantage, then why do it?
At 10:01 1/28/02 -0500, Bill Coleman wrote:
>On 1/22/02 1:14 PM, Richard Zalewski at w7zr@citlink.net wrote:
>
> >Now think about the ability of SOME stations being able to alternately work
> >two bands versus the others limited to one band at a time. There is a HUGE
> >difference in the potential of these two stations. Then why if we separate
> >based on power, and number of transmitters in a multi class, and have power
> >in 3 classes should we not HAVE A SEPARATE CLASS FOR SO2R?
>
>Seems like this comes up a couple of times a year. And it seems like the
>same tired old arguments are made each time. And it seems like the same
>tired old refutations are made each time. So, here we go again.
>
>SO2R is a misnomer. Two radios aren't necessary. What's necessary are two
>receivers and a frequency-agile transmitter. An FT-1000D has 95% of the
>circuitry needed to do what's required in SO2R operating. The only thing
>missing is the ability to receive on the sub-radio while transmitting.
>I'm sure at some point, the Japanese designers will figure this out in
>some future radio.
>
>SO2R isn't any different as an operating category than a single operator.
>SO2R isn't about equipment. (THIS SEEMS TO BE THE REAL STICKING POINT)
>SO2R is about skill. Just having a boatload of radios or antennas doesn't
>help. You have to know how to make effective use out of them.
>
> >I take nothing away from those ops who can do the SO2R. I think that being
> >able to do that requires a certain skill along with a different class of
> >equipment. And equipment is the factor here.
>
>No, equipment isn't the fact. It's skill.
>
> > We class on equipment
> >power....we class on number of transmitters in a multi....then why not HAVE
> >A SEPARATE CLASS FOR SO2R?
>
>SO2R stations have the same limitations that SO1R operators do. One
>transmitted signal at a time. Power is pretty universal. Multi-operator
>stations are segregated by how many simultaneous signals they can have.
>So, too, single operators -- only one transmitted signal at a time.
>
>There's no need for a new category.
>
>The key evidence is that SO2R operators don't dominate the top-10. There
>are many single radio operators who are firmly entrenched there, and
>don't show any signs of being displaced.
>
>
>
>Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
>Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
>
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