[CQ-Contest] A new "DX cluster" experience for contesters

[David Gilbert]

So ... when will you be taking down your yagis and putting up a 
ground-mounted multi-band vertical?  Or trading in your current rig for 
a TS-520?  Or going back to paper logging?  Or going back to a straight 
key?

You tell me where you draw the line that defines someone as being "less 
of an operator" (other than simply being different than you do it).  In 
my opinion, that kind of value judgment has no place in our hobby.  It's 
just a different category of operation.

Dave   AB7E   (who by the way strongly prefers to operate unassisted)





On 4/18/2010 9:15 AM, Idle-Tyme wrote:
> I 100% Agree!
>
> How about this another analogy:  To a Pure contester where no clusters,
> or skimmers, or spotting networks,  tune the big knob to find stations =
> body builder
>
> A contester that uses all this extra technology that is not radio and
> skill based = body builder on Steroids.  Yes he's bigger (has better
> score) but it was accomplished by artificial means.
>
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> On 4/18/2010 8:57 AM, Peter Sundberg wrote:
>    
>> Well... roaming the bands "manually" to look for stations/multipliers sure
>> makes you a better operator than when you just click the mouse on spots
>> that computers have found and presented to you..
>>
>> In my eyes, yes you are less of an operator when using the RBN/cluster
>> technology.
>>
>>
>> Peter, SM2CEW
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