You are comparing apples to oranges. Everyone that is on a stock car
track follows the rules, most of the time anyway. Ham radio allows
anyone to jump on the track and play.
A large majority of people in contests are casual operators who could
care less about the rules and you will never change this attitude. The
casual operators are not competing they are just having fun. Without
casual ops most contests of 24 to 48 hour duration would end up being
quite boring toward the end.
People who run QRP or low power are no better than those who run power.
Mike W0MU
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
On 12/7/2011 11:47 AM, John wrote:
> My "two bits"... If a person chooses to participate in a contest, I believe
> they should stay within the rules for that contest. It has nothing to do with
> the privileges granted you by your license.
>
> A station running 100 watts in a QRP contest, or 1500 watts in a 150 watt
> contest, is not competing for operating frequencies or stations calling them
> on a level playing field. Being stronger than you would otherwise be is also
> misleading to stations trying to figure out optimal propagation paths and
> beam headings.
>
> An analogy would be competing in a stock car race without a restrictor plate.
> Knowing you have 100 more horsepower than the rest of the field, you might
> intend to voluntarily withdraw at the end of the race, but that does not mean
> you did not affect the outcome of the race for people who followed the rules.
>
>
> 73,
>
> John W0DC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: W0MU Mike Fatchett
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 10m RTTY power levels
>
>
> I don't understand why the negative comments either. If I am *not*
> going to submit a score then I can operate within the rules for my license.
>
> We have had great fun in Field Day running 1A err One Alpha...Alpha
> amplifier that is....and we have huge pileups. We don't seem to get any
> complaints from all those that called. Everyone on both sides seemed to
> be having fun so what is the issue?
>
> Contesting and Ham Radio is supposed to be fun.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
>
>
> On 12/7/2011 11:21 AM, Phil Cooper wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I wasn't having a go at anyone with my comments, although I now see
> that it
> > may have appeared this way.
> >
> > I am sure there are some that didn't read the rules, or planned to send
> in a
> > checklog anyway, and kudos to them for operating this way.
> >
> > I did wonder if I had mis-read the rules in some way, as that wouldn't
> be
> > unknown either. I did re-check just to see if multi-op stations were
> allowed
> > high power, as that can be the case in some contests.
> >
> > I also wanted to make sure that anyone who submitted a 3830 score under
> HP,
> > knew that this was probably in their Cabrillo file too, and to check!
> >
> > Whichever way you look at it, this was a great contest, and it is good
> to
> > see 10m alive now.
> > There were some nice DX stations active, and my contact with VP2MWG has
> > already been confirmed on LoTW.
> >
> > 73 all
> >
> > Phil GU0SUP
> >
> >
> >
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