Hi gang --
Toiva ES2RR has been working in Illinois for the last couple of months.
He is one of the top contesters from Estonia.
This year he has the chance for a dream which, a decade ago, seemed
impossible: to come to Dayton.
Does anyone have a spare bed/room that Toiva can pick up? If so, please
contact him directly. His office telephone is 815-259-3311 extension 236...
and he works staggered hours, typically 12noon - 10pm CDT.
Thanks. -- Eric K3NA
>From Bruce Strong <hs0zbo@sura1.sut.ac.th> Thu Apr 20 10:06:04 1995
From: Bruce Strong <hs0zbo@sura1.sut.ac.th> (Bruce Strong)
Subject: Bouvet Split Technique and ethics
Message-ID: <Pine.ISC.3.90.950420160434.10147J-100000@sura1.sut.ac.th>
>
> On Tue, 18 Apr 1995, N6MM/W6BAB wrote:
>
> > > Ethics, schmethics...if you don't listen to the DX station and follow
> > > their instructions (even somewhat cryptic instructions) then I'd say
> your
> > > chances are pretty slim, regardless. It was a fairly clever solution to
> > > some astounding pileups and separated the sheep from the goats rather
> > > quickly.
>
> To me, and, evidently, just me, the ethics problem relates not to the
> cleverness of separating the 'sheep from the goats' but, by seemingly
> implying, or not making it clear, where he would be listening and,
> it also seems, to be giving out apparently misleading information -
> witness all your comments about the pileup being at the wrong place -
> the station is now taking up 3 places on the band; one for himself,
> one for the 'deserving', and one for the 'undeserving'.
>
> This would be ok, at least to me, if dx chaseing were the only game
> in town, but many, many amateur radio operators don't care to join
> the hunt and this technique necessarily clutters up the available
> spectrum more than other techniques might. This, apparently
> deliberate, method of 'spreadin' them out' is, on the other side,
> also a deliberate inconsideration to the rest of the amateur radio
> fraternity to show that the station involved doesn't give a rat's
> ass about them and their equal rights to use the spectrum.
>
> The attitude that it is alright to 'spread em out', especially to
> frequencies where one is NOT listening, somehow shows, to me, a
> complete lack of respect for the other amateurs on the band, the
> ones that aren't 'playing the game'.
>
> But, since they aren't 'playing the game', I guess they aren't
> 'deserving' of any respect either!
>
> Just one minority opinion.
>
> Bruce
> hs0zbo@sura1.sut.ac.th
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