Ladies & Gents,
I advice you to read the piece from Arnie N6HC below again
and again, until you're sure you understand it. Sadly it is the
holy f......g truth.
Michael 4X4KF
N6HC@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/11/06 7:35:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>w5ov@w5ov.com writes:
>
>Use some common sense, and stop imagining what might be intended or that
>other things that are not spelled out are penalties.
>I have been lurking on this reflector for many years and have followed many
>of the threads that pop up regarding unfair play in contesting.
>
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>We amateur radio operators are a representative cross section of society as
>a whole. Society has put aside common sense with the mantra that our
>"rights" need to be preserved at all cost, even at the sacrifice of common
>sense.
>We can thank lawyers for fostering this movement in their avarice and greed
>to
>do everything in, and to, society that society does not specifically
>prohibit. As a society we selectively enforce our laws rather than require
>everyone
>to live by the letter of the law. So....if the ARRL does not specifically
>require an accurate check and they refuse to enforce that requirement, then
>there will be some individuals in our society of radio operators who will try
>to find a way to twist this rule to what they perceive as a shift in the
>balance in their favor. If it is not the check, it is the surreptitious use
>of the
> packet cluster or telenet, or claiming low power when the run a KW, or the
>"rubber log", ad nauseum. SO PLEASE LET'S END THESE THREADS AS IT REQUIRES A
>CULTURAL SHIFT THAT WE WILL PROBABLY NOT SEE IN OUR LIFETIME. Let us
>remember what is most important to the majority of us...to get on the air and
>to
>have fun. If there are those among us who wish to pervert the rules, let
>them
>do it. Their victory is hollow.
>Respectfully,
>Arnie N6HC (Flame suit on)
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