QUACK's
Gosh I'm sure we had this same discussion Last year and The year before
etc:
How many times we gonna have to read this STUFF
Nuff Said Already
Rex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Sutcliffe" <ums@nconnect.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 13:06
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Consider This
> Radio contesting is unfair. Someone with better antennas, radios,
location,
> etc. will always have an advantage over an equivalent operator with a
> lesser station. That's life. Or, maybe it is just a natural part of a
> competition that encourages innovation.
>
> The one thing about SO2R is that just writing a check and adding SO2R
> capabilities to your station will not give you the automatic improvement
> that other equipment upgrades would. You have to put the effort in to
learn
> to do it effectively. IMHO, SO2R is the major change in contesting that is
> mostly based on operator skill.
>
> I think we should applaud those who put the effort in to operate SO2R
> effectively. We should also applaud those who work to improve other
> contesting skills like pulling weak ones out of the noise, better typing
> skills, better pileup techniques, better run skills, better S&P skills,
> etc. I don't see a whole lot of difference.
>
> 73 - Gary, W9XT (whose limited moves into SO2R have probably cost more
> QSO's than they gained :-)
>
>
> ____________
> Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT Unified Microsystems
> ums@nconnect.net PO Box 133
> http://www.QTH.com/w9xt Slinger, WI 53086
>
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