[CQ-Contest] Chiming in -- SO2R

[John Geiger]

And how would this limited WRTC type category account
for propagation differences, as the true WRTC does? 
Anyone who lives in the 9/0/5 black hole can tell you
that propagation is everything.

73s John NE0P/5
Moved from one end of the black hole to the other.

--- K0HB  <k-zero-hb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > [Original Message]
> > From: Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
> 
> > This new limited category could be defined so as
> to
> > attract new people with a more modest,
> > traditional station into contesting, knowing they
> > had a chance to get their feet wet and still be
> > competitive.  
> 
> Wouldn't make a bit of difference, Bill.  
> 
> I could turn my existing "limited" station over to
> any of several local
> operators for CQWW (N0AT, K0SR are a couple who come
> to mind) while I
> operated the super-station at W0AIH.  They'd still
> beat me hands down,
> every time.
> 
> WRTC is an interesting sideshow, designed to
> showcase the talents of a
> narrow slice of our elite compatriots by attempting
> to construct
> artificially 'equal' operating situations for them. 
> Your "limited"
> category couldn't be an equalizer of that same sort;
> it could only set an
> upper limit which ultimately would stifle the spirit
> of competition.
> 
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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