Bill, we've disagreed on this before, but if the best operators say the
advantage is maybe 95 QSOs out of 1200, is it that huge?
73, kelly
ve4xt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
To: <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R -- revised opinion?
> At 05:59 AM 11/11/2005, Kelly Taylor wrote:
>
> >I sympathize, but like many practices we accept, I don't think that
because
> >some people aren't yet adept at SO2R is a reason to punish those who are.
> >
> >It's still a legitimate skill worthy of reward and worthy of allowing an
> >operator to rise above the pack if he's able to do it.
> >
> >73, kelly
> >ve4xt
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I don't think anyone wants to "punish" the SO2R station. I admire the
> guys who go to the max to increase their scores. My only objection is
> lumping SO2R scores together with SO1R. The two-radio advantage is
> huge, much like going from low power to high and deserves its own
> category. SO2R stations can both listen and transmit during 100% of
> the contest, whereas SO1R is limited to about 50% of each. Its
> roughly like having twice as many hours to operate. Nobody would
> think that was fair, would they?
>
> Those of us who prefer the traditional one-radio style should not be
> categorized with the multi-radio stations any more than QRPers should
> be categorized with the kilowatt guys. The time is long overdue to
> fix this basic unfairness.
>
> Yes, I realize contesting will never be totally "fair", but this is
> one area where the playing field could be made more level with very
> little effort. In years past this was done with LP vs HP, single op
> vs multi op, and the time has come to equalize the multi-radio issue too.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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