[CQ-Contest] mea culpa

[Ria Jairam]

First of all, I also don't fault the PJ4G team at all. They interpreted the
rules as written (or not written, in this case), and it paid off, which is
fine.

However, I do believe, like you do that in band dual CQing needs to be
addressed. It is a bandwidth usage issue. That's all I see it as. I do
believe the right approach will be to prohibit it for future contests.

The contest committee will of course make the final decision. All we can do
is provide input.

Ria
N2RJ

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Martin Pelt <n4uu73 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I want to apologize to the list for any comments that I may have offended.
>
> I am extremely passionate for our sport. The technological advances and
> operator skill advances keep this sport exciting.
>
> I thought the attacks on PJ4G were unfair. Some may see them as exploiting
> a loophole and others might see them as top competitors that read the rules
> and  decided to push the envelope to win. If you follow the rules and do
> everything to win is that being unsporting ?
>
> The technological advances will always bring problems but they also create
> opportunities. I applaud the people that put the time and energy to build
> world class stations and then put the time and effort into advancing their
> skills. I also the applaud the people that put time, money and energy into
> building resources like the RBN.
>
> Our sport has to have room for the boy and his radio crowd and the people
> that are going to use every legal tool available to be highly competitive.
>
> I do agree that the ARRL needs to address dual CQing in the same band on
> phone.
>
> I my opinion cheating is the one thing that we all agree is our biggest
> problem. While I think it is a small percentage we all know that it exist.
> Tools like the RBN and the capability for contest committees to record the
> whole contest will go along way to solving the problem. But these tools are
> not cheap and at this time the man power to use them effectively is a
> finite resource at this time.  While I'm at it I would also encourage that
> any station that want to finish in the top few places be required to use
> real time scoreboards. Boy would that not make more exciting and push even
> harder if you knew how your competition was doing.
>
> I also think that next big step would be real time log checking. We are all
> hooked to the internet why not ?
>
> Of course my suggestions require more hardware and manpower and all of this
> cost money. I will have supported the WRTC and will be sending a check to
> the WWROF. I encourage all of you that have the resources and passion for
> the sport to do likewise.
>
> At this point I will crawl back into my hole. Hopefully I will have the
> common sense to remain there.
>
> 73, Martin N4UU
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