[CQ-Contest] Advantages not created equal

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Sat Aug 21 19:39:32 EDT 2004


On Aug 18, 2004, at 8:51 AM, Roger Parsons wrote:

> I hate the 10 minute rule!
>
> I can also see no reason why it can't be replaced by a
> rule that says "only one signal can be transmitted at
> any one time". That outlaws 'octopuses' (octopi?).

An octopus only puts out one signal at a time. That's what the legs of 
the octopus are for -- to lock other stations out while a station is 
transmitting.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901



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