Hank, don't patronize the subscribers of the reflector by attempting to
deflect the issue from "use of assistance" to "use of obsolete equipment".
In a few of my favorite contests I prefer to operate without assistance
from other amateurs, and to compete with other operators who share that
preference.
In doing so, I use a reasonably modern station (as modern as my "old
retired Sailorboy budget" will permit), a midrange FTdx-5000, and a nice
"city lot tribander and wires" Alcoa farm. My log and record keeping apps
are similarly modern. I splurged last summer and acquired a fancy Begali
paddle (KØCKB even thinks it's sorta pretty).
I expect that my setup is similar to most active
"participant-sometimes-contender-grade" contesters.
Your suggestion that "non-assisted" players are some sort of stone age
Luddites is deliberately inaccurate and mildly insulting.
73, de Hans, KØHB
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 18:10 Hank Greeb <n8xx@arrl.org> wrote:
> Lettuce awl go back to coherer receivers, sp*rk gap transmitters, and
> logs on slate written by hand using chalk.
>
> We don't need all this fancy "supposedly better" technoloigy, What was
> good for Marconi should be good enough for us all.
>
> Yes, and our Constitution says "The majority rules, the minorities have
> no rights nor privileges."
>
> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
> QRP >99.44% of gthe time
>
> On 4/5/2016 1:19 PM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> > Ditto the KD4D post.
> >
> > Why don't we let the unassisted operators decide whether the concern of
> assisted ops invading our category is worth eliminating it over the concern?
> >
> > No reason to merge the 2 categories and then do an overlay. Just leave
> it the way it is and clarify reasonable questions like Braco's question.
> >
> > By the way, do to great efforts of the organizations and contest
> managers, doesn't the ARRL and CQ contests represent something like 75%+ of
> all the contest Qs made in a year? Why exactly should this majority follow
> the "rest of the world" minority? Just sayin.
> >
> > Ed N1UR
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