K8VT writes in regard to high Power and Multi Op categories:
> Sorry, but I still don't see why some advantages get their
> own separate categories with nary a whimper, while those
> requesting a separate category for other advantages are
> perceived as "whiners".
> Maybe someone can try explaining that dichotomy...???
Multiple operator categories are fundamentally different than
single operator contesting ... there are more operators and more
transmitters all operating simultaneously.
High power vs. low power have been separate categories since the
earliest days of contesting when it was recognized that 10 dB
extra transmitter power is significant difference.
However, there is no fundamental difference between SO1R and SOmR.
In both cases all operations is conducted by one person with no
outside assistance and only one signal is transmitted at a time.
While you may quibble about the speed at which the signal can move
from one band to another it is still one signal. YT1NT's hardware
for PT5L certainly showed that even one transmitter can operate
on more than one band sequentially/alternately with no apparent
lag.
Some of the new high end transceivers will make the SO1R vs. SOmR
debate moot. When one radio contains two fully independent, high
performance receivers and the ability to instantly transmit on
either frequency, no objective definition will be able to say that
is *not* a SO1R station.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
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