[CQ-Contest] FW: New Category Suggestion

[Stephen Bloom]

Hey all:

 

Here was my serious answer to his question from this morning

 

 

Hi Steve:

 

Sorry about the snark .it did go into my spam filter and it seemed to come
out of "Left Field" (no previous context), so I assumed it was just a "shot"
at the RHR, and "rent a shack" folks.

 

I don't think it is unfair at all.  I guess to my mind, there is nothing big
enough to qualify as "corporate" in the hobby, other than the Big 3
manufacturers (Kenwood, Yaesu, Icom).  Even the largest dealers (e.g. HRO)
are "Mom and Pop" in real world comparisons.

 

On a practical level, trying to define a category by ownership type, would
make the "assisted v. non assisted" endless discussion look like
Kindergarten material.  Way too much of a grey area.  I can't really speak
intelligently about RHR itself.  I don't know what the business model is,
but it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that is going to make huge bucks
for anyone.  I guess that's my take.  

 

I can give you a longer more detailed answer when I get a bit more time
(it's just before 0600 local time here and have to get a bunch of stuff
done),  and explain my reasoning why .even though I'm not wild about
remoting and especially not the "Give us a cc number and tell us how many
hours of time you want" deal, why I think we're better off accepting it.

 

Again, sorry about the first lame response.

 

73

Steve KL7SB

 

 

From: Steve Sacco NN4X [mailto:nn4x at embarqmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 3:37 AM
To: Stephen Bloom <sbloom at acsalaska.net <mailto:sbloom at acsalaska.net> >
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New Category Suggestion

 

Hi Steve -

Why do you feel it's "unfair" to compete against corporate-owned stations?

73,

Steve

NN4X

 

On 9/8/2016 12:09 AM, Stephen Bloom wrote:

Funny enough, mine did as well ..this is the first I've seen of it ..
 
I'm sorry that NN4X feels that the competition as it stands now is unfair
...so in that spirit, May I suggest another new category ..
 
Troll .. SONB QRP++++ .. I believe Romeo ex. 3W3RR will sponsor a trophy.
 
Disrespectively committed
Steve KL7SB
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
David Gilbert
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 6:06 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com <mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com> 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New Category Suggestion
 
 
What difference does it matter who paid for the station?? Presumably you're
concerned about some station owner having deeper pockets than you have, but
I can't imagine the can of worms that you'd be opening if you tried to tier
results by how much somebody paid for their station since that concern would
have nothing to do with who actually paid for it.  
Hams who contest from their own stations range from those who are unemployed
to retired millionaires.
 
My email client flagged your post as junk mail, by the way. Software keeps
getting smarter and smarter ...
 
Dave   AB7E
 
 
 
On 9/7/2016 8:26 AM, Steve Sacco NN4X wrote:

In the spirit of transparency, I'd like to suggest a new category: Non 
Owner Operated Station.
 
This would include those doing contests from RHR and similar websites.
 
This way, I'd know if I'm competing against Amateurs, or Corporate 
stations, or, at very least, against stations where the sweat equity 
and $$ was provided by someone other than the op.
 
Respectfully submitted,

 
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