[CQ-Contest] Little pistols, big guns, band police, frequency cops and an army of law enforcers

[Oliver Dröse]

One of the best posts in quite a while, Franki. TU :-)

73, Olli

Contest, DX & radio projects: http://www.dh8bqa.de


Am 09.03.2016 um 20:56 schrieb Franki ON5ZO:
>> It would be interesting if a major ssb dx contest dared to restrict...
>
>
> YES! We need that. We need more restrictions. We need more rules. We 
> need more enforcement. We need more policing.
> We need someone who has an idea have rule makers make a new rule to 
> adopt this idea and then enforce this upon others.
> We need to give people more reason and channels to complain and snitch 
> about other people.
> That way we can finally squeeze all the fun out of it, and make it 
> dull. Conformity and unity for all! Don't step out of the line! Make 
> sure your signal isn't bigger than mine, or I will have my lawyer 
> contact yours.
>
> And then, FINALLY our contesting micro-cosmos will at last be a 
> picture perfect imitation of the Real Adult World anno 2016.
>
> In the end it is just a hobby. The greatest there is, no doubt, but 
> just a hobby.
> I will be the first to list up dozens of aspects that bother me very 
> much. Many items on that list surface here once in a while. Other 
> items never fail to disappear from the reflector. Some imperfections 
> of the hobby frustrate me more than they should, because I too tend to 
> take all this far too seriously.
>
> Maybe smart people could invent a mode that packs 1000 stations QRM 
> free with 100% error free transmissions that propagates 24/7 into the 
> antipodal region with 10W driven into a rain gutter. That would solve 
> many problems but what would the fun be?
> Let's accept the imperfections. Isn't that just the fun of it all? The 
> challenge? Dare I say: The Heritage?
> Let's accept our own limitations (budget, spare time, real estate, 
> geographical location, skills etc) and make the most of it using our 
> strengths.
> Like to run? Run! Don't wanna run? Tune the band and look for me. Hate 
> SSB? Next week it's CW. Is 34WPM too QRQ? I will also answer you at 
> 20WPM if that suits you. Does your index finger hurt from spinning the 
> VFO? Just click from spot to spot. Don't like Americans? Next week we 
> look for the Russians. There is enough diversity to please almost 
> everyone, except those who can't be pleased.
>
> Let HAM SPIRIT prevail, which includes 'flexible interpretation' of 
> band plans (CW vs SSB etc) and technical awareness (modulation, 
> clicks...). That MIGHT eliminate the need for more rules and more 
> enforcing, no? Common sense and empathy can eliminate many law books.
>
> Dear fellow contesters, I appreciate all the contacts logged in the 
> past and those still to be logged. Whether you ran 24/36/48 hours 
> occupying a single frequency with your 8kW amp and 15kHz wide signal 
> from your off the shelf commercial 5/5/5 stack, or if you called me 
> deep down in the noise with 2W from a salvaged power supply MOSFET 
> into a string of wire in your attic. In both cases you 'cramp my 
> style', but I grant you the right to do so. And I thank you for the 
> QSO in the contest. Because that's what we do.
>
> Live and let live. And 73.
>
> Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M
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