[CQ-Contest] SO2R is not unsportmanlike

[Mitchell, Tim T.K.]

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> From: k8cc 
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 11:12 AM
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] SO2R is not unsportmanlike
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> Simply repeating CQs is not necessarily "using" the 
> frequency.  A CQing 
> station repeatedly failing to respond to callers is another 
> telltale sign 
> of crude SO2R use.  I'll take a crack at that frequency...

This is more than a poor so2r problem.  This one has been around as long as
people have wanted to take a leak or get a sandwich or converse with their
xyl, etc.  All of these events can not be blamed on so2r.  (I know Dave
wasn't but others who seem to have a closed mind on so2r, might)

> 
> One SO2R technique which I *do* think is wrong is the "ping 
> pong CQ" where 
> you quickly alternate CQs between two bands.  When one radio is 
> transmitting the other radio is listening.  It is *not* against the 
> rules.  However, you *are* taking up two frequencies, which *is* 
> unsportsmanlike.  Some people like to argue that "I only do 
> it on dead 
> bands".  Yeah, right...
> 

I do not feel this is unsportsman like at all.  The rules say only one xmit
signal at a time.  It does not tell you that you may have only one run
frequency.  This is an effective strategy and one that I don't feel violates
the intent or spirit of any contest.  Like other strategies, it has its
place and is effective for certain circumstances.  (As a frequent guest-op
at K8CC, I never realized Dave did not agree with this.  I have done this
using his call in SS SSB for many years.  Don't blame him, it was me!)

This is better to me than what I hear 'some' supposed single-ops doing where
they just cq (simultaneously) on two different bands (or more).  This IS
cheating and DOES happen.  There is no possible explanation that makes this
practice legal.  The problem is that the people doing it don't care because
in their mind it is OK?

The idea of cq'ing into a dead band puzzles me?  I have heard this before
and don't understand it.  I think I require a definition of dead band.  I
have called cq on a seemingly dead (no signals heard, except the SA CB'rs)
10m band only to have a run of CA stations for a short period of time
(10minutes).  I have called cq on a seemingly dead 15m band to work a mult I
knew I had propagation to on that band (who would probably never call cq but
will s&p).  Are these dead bands... I think not.

If someone truly were calling cq on a dead band... what does it matter?
They are going to get beat in the score department and if the band is dead,
there is no one for them to qrm!


There are some real simple realities in contesting: louder is better, might
does make right, some people have better propagation than others, just as
NASCAR guys exchange paint in the corners... there are freq's where battles
ensue, not everyone can be #1 (simultaneously), let the games begin! (note
that does not mean I condone or practice these items, just that they are
real life.)  If you want a fantasy contest, I think I still have a Dr-DX and
a Commodore 64 you could borrow.

73 Tim K9TM




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