Well said, Frank.
73,
John K8AJS
jbastin@sssnet.com
On Mar 9, 2016, at 14:56, Franki ON5ZO <on5zo@telenet.be> wrote:
>
>> It would be interesting if a major ssb dx contest dared to restrict...
>
>
> YES! We need that. We need more restrictions. We need more rules. We need
> more enforcement. We need more policing.
> We need someone who has an idea have rule makers make a new rule to adopt
> this idea and then enforce this upon others.
> We need to give people more reason and channels to complain and snitch about
> other people.
> That way we can finally squeeze all the fun out of it, and make it dull.
> Conformity and unity for all! Don't step out of the line! Make sure your
> signal isn't bigger than mine, or I will have my lawyer contact yours.
>
> And then, FINALLY our contesting micro-cosmos will at last be a picture
> perfect imitation of the Real Adult World anno 2016.
>
> In the end it is just a hobby. The greatest there is, no doubt, but just a
> hobby.
> I will be the first to list up dozens of aspects that bother me very much.
> Many items on that list surface here once in a while. Other items never fail
> to disappear from the reflector. Some imperfections of the hobby frustrate me
> more than they should, because I too tend to take all this far too seriously.
>
> Maybe smart people could invent a mode that packs 1000 stations QRM free with
> 100% error free transmissions that propagates 24/7 into the antipodal region
> with 10W driven into a rain gutter. That would solve many problems but what
> would the fun be?
> Let's accept the imperfections. Isn't that just the fun of it all? The
> challenge? Dare I say: The Heritage?
> Let's accept our own limitations (budget, spare time, real estate,
> geographical location, skills etc) and make the most of it using our
> strengths.
> Like to run? Run! Don't wanna run? Tune the band and look for me. Hate SSB?
> Next week it's CW. Is 34WPM too QRQ? I will also answer you at 20WPM if that
> suits you. Does your index finger hurt from spinning the VFO? Just click from
> spot to spot. Don't like Americans? Next week we look for the Russians. There
> is enough diversity to please almost everyone, except those who can't be
> pleased.
>
> Let HAM SPIRIT prevail, which includes 'flexible interpretation' of band
> plans (CW vs SSB etc) and technical awareness (modulation, clicks...). That
> MIGHT eliminate the need for more rules and more enforcing, no? Common sense
> and empathy can eliminate many law books.
>
> Dear fellow contesters, I appreciate all the contacts logged in the past and
> those still to be logged. Whether you ran 24/36/48 hours occupying a single
> frequency with your 8kW amp and 15kHz wide signal from your off the shelf
> commercial 5/5/5 stack, or if you called me deep down in the noise with 2W
> from a salvaged power supply MOSFET into a string of wire in your attic. In
> both cases you 'cramp my style', but I grant you the right to do so. And I
> thank you for the QSO in the contest. Because that's what we do.
>
> Live and let live. And 73.
>
> Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M
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