[RTTY] Software for BARTG Sprint contest

[W0YR@aol.com]

Question:

Why do you and other contest managers insist on inflicting Cabrillo on 
everyone?

Would it not have made more sense to notify the amateur public and the 
contesting software writers that they have a year to update/modify their 
products, and THEN require people to use it?

Secondly, why can't contest managers first arrange for a Cabrillo conversion 
file that could be downloaded from the contest rules site?  

Instead, contestants are forced to either buy a conversion program or search 
around for one and figure out how to use it, hoping that it will not mangle 
their submission.

At a time that contesters are bemoaning decreasing participation in contests, 
the breathless rush to Cabrillo has made contesting  less attractive for the 
casual participant, the very people NEEDED to increase the popularity of  
contests.  While making things easier for themselves, contest managers have 
now infuriated many of the very people they may wish to attract.

I know I will be branded as wrongheaded in this matter but I have found a 
very large number of casual contest operators who have finally said, "screw 
it, life is too short for this."  

This is clearly a textbook case of:

Ready ------   Fire   ---- Aim!

Mike 
W0YR
ex-BARTG participant