[CQ-Contest] Here we go again

[ak0a]

Tower heights and skill has nothing to do with comparison. When I hear a 
SO2R calling CQ on two different bands at the same time and working stations 
at the same time, there is something wrong with the SO2R. with a separate 
category they can call each other until the cows come home

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Hill" <rustyhill at earthlink.net>
To: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik at subich.com>; "'ak0a'" <ak0a at kc.rr.com>; 
<dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Here we go again


> Joe, you echo my argument I circulated on Friday about tower height, and 
> you have probably stated it better than I.  Thank you for supporting the 
> viewpoint.  If we can get enough serious contesters to consider the idea, 
> maybe we can get some admittedly arbitrary height limitation which will 
> encourage the little pistols to improve their low antenna station, knowing 
> they will not always be blown out by someone with 200' towers and 
> multi-stacks in the "same category".  If we categorize on the basis of 
> number of ops, number of transmitters, and power out, why do we not 
> recognize that the capability to put up antennas of the "giant" variety 
> are a major determinant of a station's ability to compete?
>
> I would like very much to see a discussion started.  I think this is the 
> only way we can get increased participation on a large scale.
>
> 73, Rusty, na5tr
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik at subich.com>
> To: "'ak0a'" <ak0a at kc.rr.com>; <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
> Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:12 AM
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Here we go again
>
>
>>
>>> From:  ak0a
>>>
>>> I agree with you Bill. the only people who are against this
>>> are the SO2R ops. Why? I cant figure out. What are they scared of?
>>
>> You are 100% dead wrong ... I do not do SO2R but have absolutely
>> no problem understanding that a better equipped station with a
>> more proficient operator might choose to have a second rig on one
>> band looking for mults, checking propagation, etc. while running on
>> a different band.  It has been that way for at least the nearly 30
>> years that I have been around the contest game and only for the
>> last few of those years has the chorus been "discriminate against
>> the elite stations!"
>>
>> If you are arguing for separate categories, then a separate category
>> for towers over 22 meters and multiple antennas per band should be
>> implemented long before a separate category for SO2R.
>>
>> In truth, competing against the big antenna stations is far more
>> frustrating to the bulk of the "vertical and wires or A3 on the roof"
>> stations than competing against someone with a trap vertical
>> connected to the second receiver input on his FT-1000D or a "Windom"
>> in a tree connected to an older [second] transceiver.  A station can
>> gain far more by improving antennas than can ever be gained by adding
>> SO2R.  Only when one has optimized the antenna system does SO2R add
>> significantly to the score.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>   ... Joe, K4IK
>>
>>
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