[CQ-Contest] Be careful

[Richard Detweiler]

Some of us ,  really don't have that kind of funding, land or local 
permissions, even we may have the skills.

Each sport has different leagues,  Little league baseball,  for the kids is 
a good example,  it lets kids get in and have a sense of competition and 
sport.  Even though it's not the majors, it's fun for them.

Seems like more people involved in radio sport would mean more points for 
the big guns.

Best 73's
Rich
K5SF


>From: "K0HB " <k-zero-hb at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: k-zero-hb at earthlink.net
>To: CQ-CONTEST at contesting.com
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Be careful
>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:05:52 -00
>
>Be careful what you wish for.....  .....you might get it.
>
>All this sentiment for a "level playing field" flies directly in the face
>of what competition is all about.
>
>The very essence of radiosport contesting is for each operator/station
>designer to do EVERYTHING within the rules to TILT (not level) the playing
>field in their favor.  If you can develop a skill not widely prevalent
>(SO2R), then more power to you --- you deserve the fruits of your labors.
>But someone will come along lobbying that you're being "unfair" to those
>who haven't developed the skill.
>
>If you can improve your antenna farm to gain a 3 or 6 dB advantage over the
>masses, then more power to you --- you deserve the fruits of your labors.
>But someone will come along lobbying that your tall tower is "unfair" to
>those who haven't built their own.  Soon someone will rent a clue and
>decide that those with longer booms/more elements are also being "unfair",
>and there'll be a new lobby against long booms.
>
>If you can improve your receiver over what the masses can buy out of the
>box you'll hear stuff that the masses can't hear --- more power to you ---
>you deserve the fruits of your labors.  But sooner or later there'll be a
>lobby against non-stock receivers as "unfair".
>
>Starts to sound pretty ridiculous, doesn't it!  I don't want any part of
>"level playing field radiosport where anyone can win" --- I want excellence
>in operating skills, excellence in station design, and excellence in
>strategy to have the advantage. If you can't compete because you lack
>"excellence" in skills or station design, then improve yourself/your
>station, and quit crying for rules changes to take away that advantage from
>those who have acquired it.
>
>For the logical outcome of a "level playing field", I recommend the
>excellent Kurt Vonnegut short story "Harrison Bergeron" at
>http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
>
>73, de Hans, K0HB
>---
>      http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb
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