[CQ-Contest] Fw: SO2R -- revised opinion?

[k7qq]

I don't think that a separate catagory is being asked for just a break out
of  SO2R   ver.  SO1R  so he can tell how he has done against others with
his limits, and those limits could be Space in the Shack or in the Yard for
antennas.

Quack


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K0HB " <k-zero-hb at earthlink.net>
To: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>; <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 22:09
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R -- revised opinion?


> > Yes, I realize contesting will never be totally "fair", but this is
> > one area where the playing field could be made more level with very
> > little effort.
>
> Contesting --- really competitive contesting --- is all about trying to
> develop skills that will be difficult for the other players to duplicate,
> thus tilting the playing field in your favor.  SO2R is such a skill, and
> asking for rules protection because some other guy is more skilled seems
to
> me the antithesis of radiosport.
>
> I've tried SO2R and I simply don't have the knack of pulling it off, but I
> admire the sportsmen who can.  Best I can manage is SO1.5R --- should I
> lobby for such a category?
>
> YMMV.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
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