[CQ-Contest] Be careful

[John WA2GO]

Correction, Mauri:

Obtaining a fair, equal setup IS actually an achievable goal. It is entirely 
possible to measure contester skill on a level playing field, to find out 
who is really the best. It's called the MRSC.

Just line up a bunch of identical computers, identical keyboards, and 
identical computer monitors, on a very long table, and provide the same 
exact model of headphones to each operator, and the same exact distance to 
the bathroom for all operators, and let them all go at it for 48 hours 
straight, playing as many games of MorseRunner as they want to during the 48 
hour contest period. No XYL's allowed to bring food or drink.

When it is all over, the operator with the highest score is the winner, and 
that is that!!

73,

John WA2GO
(with tongue-in-cheek, kind of, sort of. Well, maybe not, really....)

p.s. "MRSC" is MorseRunner Solo Championship


>From: i4jmy <i4jmy.mauri at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: i4jmy <i4jmy.mauri at gmail.com>
>To: "Marijan Miletic', S56A" <s56a at bit.si>
>CC: cq-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Be careful
>Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:45:08 +0100
>
>With all the respect, aiming for an equal setup is not only a pie in
>the sky but also off the ham spirit. Ham radio and contesting is not
>only keying a pad or speaking into a microphone and having good ears.
>This is what happens during the contest but the "work" and operator
>learning (skill) had started long time before, and requires much more,
>hardware and studies.
>We all know that any station is different from another likewise any
>location has its own propagation. Any location, even close to another
>like in a WRTC can suffer of local QRM or because enviromental
>obstacles, or position, etc.
>Playing with a tribander and wires is different than using a 4 square
>on 160 and stacked arrays on 40m and above. Forty eight hours of huge
>pileup are a different story than only few hours, and a 48 hours
>pileup doesn't exist, unless in peculiar locations. The strategy rely
>on setup and available conditions, not only on the human factor.
>Big antenna farms, experience on own setup or bands, sophisticated MM
>setups or big efforts on choosing strategical locations are fully part
>of the game called contesting.
>Cheating or beeing hypocrite is instead a matter of own behaviour.
>
>73,
>Mauri I4JMY
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