[RTTY] 10 Minute Rule

[Mike Mellinger WA0SXV]

Oh heck!  Just what we need right before Dayton.

I will be happy to tolerate a special class for SO2R just as soon as a
class is created that separates us poor schmucks with ground-mounted
verticals from the guys with multiple 100 foot towers with multiple
switched arrays.

Trust me -- SO2R with two verticals still doesn't compete with the big
tower and complex antenna systems.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-admin@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Jay Townsend, WS7I
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:41
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] 10 Minute Rule

At 11:50 AM 5/6/02 -0500, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:

>There is no plausible reasoning behind a 10-minute rule for single ops.
>It does not even the playing field.  It does not hinder SO2R ops.

>But I would find a mult on 10 and work him, then get stuck for the rest
>of the 10 minutes CQ'ing >with no takers. 

I beg to differ. The 10 minute rule in the exact case you stated above
does
impact the
SOMultiRadio operator.  As you state..."I got stuck". Of course you were
hindered.

Can't say that I am in favor of 10-minute rule either, but I am in favor
of
seperate classes for differing number of transmitters. If Multi-single
is
different from Multi-Multi then so to is SO1R different from S0MR.

As you most likely remember the original RTTY Journal WW/CQ allowed M/S
with no 10 minute rule, it was added to take away the octupus.  One
wonders
why what is good for M/S isn't good for Single Operator stations ?

So to your idea of emailing sponser's about the 10 minute rule I would
add,
its time to create a seperate class for SOMultiRadio.