[CQ-Contest] what is required of recevied audio, and whay

W0MU Mike Fatchett w0mu at w0mu.com
Sun Mar 12 13:13:19 EDT 2017


This is a case of you can't see the forest through the trees.  No 
disrespect to Jim as he is an accomplished and respected contests.  I 
agree that what CT1BOH, W2SC, N6MJ and others are doing is great.  
However they are unable to do what they do without people to work and 
those so called gimmick technologies are bringing them the people to 
work.  Why is this so difficult to see and understand?

Contest participation continues to rise, why?  I would argue that it is 
because of  those so called dumbed down technologies and gimmicks such 
as packet and skimmers.  Assisted or Unassisted on CW you are getting 
spotted.  Are you telling me that those skimmer spots do not help?  Of 
course they do.  In fact, skimmer is the reason we are seeing crazy 
numbers on CW.

Packet has been around for a very very long time now.  I think it is as 
much a gimmick as automobiles are today.   So can we get past it.

Packet is a very large reason we are seeing more contest activity.  
People see spots and they go work people.  This is good!  It drags 
people into the fray that might not otherwise get involved.  If they 
send in a log even better!

What else is bringing people into contesting?  The huge advertising 
budget with Youtube and 30 second TV spots during the Superbowl?  The 
million dollar prizes?  Hardly.

I am unclear how N6MJ or CT1BOH is lifting us all up.  N6MJ other than 
giving me contacts has no effect on my score.  Him being on does not 
give me a million point bonus.  Him getting on does not bring more 
participants to the contest, unless he has more groupies than I know and 
chances are that his groupies will only work him.

They have great skill and so do others.  99 percent of the participants 
probably do not possess this skill,money, land, equipment or desire 
necessary to do what they do.  They need the rest of us.  Are we not 
lifting them up?

W0MU


On 3/11/2017 4:49 PM, Jim Neiger wrote:
> Give me a break, please.
>
> 1) The playing field will NEVER be level, and
>
> 2) Our lives and societies are already too much of "the tail wagging 
> the dog".
>
> What we need more of are the talented operators like CT1BOH  and N6MJ 
> who are trying to lead by example and lift us all up,  rather than 
> dumb-down our technologies and skills with gimmicks like packet and 
> skimmers.
>
> Vy 73
>
> Jim Neiger  N6TJ
>
>
> On 3/9/2017 5:42 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>> You are right.  We should fold the unassisted category into assisted so
>> everyone can compete on a level playing field...
>>
>
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