[CQ-Contest] Wires Only

[Bill Turner]

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At 07:32 PM 1/29/2006, Richard DiDonna NN3W wrote:

>I'm starting to liken contesting to marathon running.  There is the overall
>champion, and then there are category winners (e.g., under 18, 18-25, 25-40,
>40-60, and 60+.  When you start adding 25-40 with Nike Air Shoes and tight
>shorts, the lines of winning begin to blur,


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Some categories like your example above make no sense. Others do. 
Contest categories have been added in the past - HP/LP, SO/MO 
monoband/singleband assisted/nonassisted and probably others I've 
forgotten. The key is not whether a different category *could* be 
created, but whether it would increase competition and level the 
playing field to some degree.

In ham radio the major inequality is geography and little can be 
done. But when another major inequality can be remedied, it should be.

73, Bill W6WRT