TWO RADIOES (sic)

[Ray Rocker]

> Forgive me for rambling.  I just think all this score catogorizing (# for 2 tx,
> * for low power, & for tribander, etc) and all the rule speculation/changing is
> getting out of hand.  Before internet, none of this bitching would have
> happened.  Remember on 3830, the only things discussed were antennas, operating
> techniques, and band openings that others may have missed.

That's because the only ones who get heard on 3830 are the Big Guns.
On Internet, I can shout as loud as everyone else. Ain't it great?

Though, I do have two computers and two modems, so I can post on one
reflector while scanning another for things to shout about. Of course, 
I always play by the rules and never consume bandwidth by posting 
on two reflectors simultaneously. But with the high rate on CQ-CONTEST
lately, there's just no benefit in using two modems.

:-)

-- ray WQ5L "will qualify for an asterisk, someway, somehow"

>From tree at cmicro.com (Larry Tyree)  Tue Sep 20 22:29:02 1994
From: tree at cmicro.com (Larry Tyree) (Larry Tyree)
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 94 14:29:02 PDT
Subject: More packet racket
Message-ID: <9409202129.AA19058 at cmicro.com>


K2WK writes:

> The decision in Europe to do away with the distiction in the Worked
> All Europe contest (and others) regardless of its motives, has proven
> that packet doesn't make all that much difference for the true
> competitor.  

I would be really interested in the data that supports that.  While I 
would agree that from the US side, it probably doesn't matter that much,
having operated this contest from the European side, I can tell you it 
made a BIG difference.  Having someone telling you where the new mults 
are gives you the ability to run more (less time searching) and increases
your mult count.  The DLs who do this, have scores about 40 percent higher
than those who don't use/have packet.

Unless, I am not in the "true competitor" class.

Tree N6TR
tree at cmicro.com