Jim makes good points. By aggregating a number of single ops into a new
multi category under one callsign, you're cutting down the number of
workable stations. It just doesn't make sense. Why create something for
which there was no demand?
Barry W2UP
On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 5:23 PM rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mind you - this is not together with the conventional M/M category. This is
> separate. I think this is where the confusion lies.
>
> 73
> Ria
> N2RJ
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 6:05 PM Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 10/25/2020 7:23 PM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
> > > By allowing them to stay at home and use the same call, but follow ALL
> > > (every single one) of the existing M/M rules, they can still play.
> >
> > This defies logic! Operators who have stations can "play" at home using
> > their own calls, which gives other contesters more stations to work. I
> > see that as a big plus! What am I missing? It's not the CALL of the
> > contest station, it's the station, including it's antenna system, and
> > its operators, that make it competitive.
> >
> > I've operated at N6RO as part of M/M teams and as part of dozens of FD
> > and county expedition teams for CQP and 7QP. The fun of doing so is the
> > in-person camaraderie, learning from others, and, in the case of the
> > expeditions, setting up and tearing down the stations, NONE of which
> > happens under this rule change.
> >
> > The N6RO team has spent the last six months reconfigured itself to
> > operate M/M remotely. More of the true spirit of ham radio,
> > station-building and learning new stuff to meet new challenges. FAR
> > better than driving several hundred miles to box-top operate a station
> > that someone else built!
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
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