And how would this limited WRTC type category account
for propagation differences, as the true WRTC does?
Anyone who lives in the 9/0/5 black hole can tell you
that propagation is everything.
73s John NE0P/5
Moved from one end of the black hole to the other.
--- K0HB <k-zero-hb@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
>
> > This new limited category could be defined so as
> to
> > attract new people with a more modest,
> > traditional station into contesting, knowing they
> > had a chance to get their feet wet and still be
> > competitive.
>
> Wouldn't make a bit of difference, Bill.
>
> I could turn my existing "limited" station over to
> any of several local
> operators for CQWW (N0AT, K0SR are a couple who come
> to mind) while I
> operated the super-station at W0AIH. They'd still
> beat me hands down,
> every time.
>
> WRTC is an interesting sideshow, designed to
> showcase the talents of a
> narrow slice of our elite compatriots by attempting
> to construct
> artificially 'equal' operating situations for them.
> Your "limited"
> category couldn't be an equalizer of that same sort;
> it could only set an
> upper limit which ultimately would stifle the spirit
> of competition.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
>
>
>
>
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