[CQ-Contest] Re: Stealth Rules Changes

[THOMAS G. MOTT W2DRZ]

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> 
>    I think the intent was to standardize the rules largely as they were,
> so as not to have any subtle differences from contest to contest that
> were never intended but had maybe crept into the rules simply because
> there is a lot of repetition and repetition invites a certain amount of
> "noise."  My guess is that this is mostly a case of "unintended
> consequences," albeit not from sloppy editorial work, but rather
> from trying to resolve these differences.
> 
> > I suspect I will continue to operate the VHF contests in the same
> > manner as I have in the past.  If someone decides to reclassify me
> > out of single operator, so be it.  With WA8WZG and KE8FD in my
> > section, I'll stand to win more awards that way.
> 
>     Well, this does raise some questions for me, though.  Say that the U.T.
> club station starts a contest and I'm the only one there.  I assume other
> members will show up to help out and make us a multi-op, so I use the DX
> Cluster.  But no one else shows up.  I don't fit in Single Op because I
> used the spotting cluster.  I don't _really_ fit in Multi-Op because there
> weren't two or more operators.  And I wasn't QRP or portable or rover.
> In the past, I'd enter as a single op, but now?  Multi-op I guess, with the
> "ghost operator" on my team being the cluster, is the closest fit.  What
> is the general consesnus on this?
> 



HMMMMMMMMM very interesting  !!!!!
 did not catch the rule change, must be some people objected to single
ops TXING on 5 bands at the same time with 5 recievers listening on each
band as I used to do when I single oped ???

best 73 tom W2DRZ


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