[RTTY] Software for BARTG Sprint contest

[Ray]

Super well said.  Couldn't agree more.

Ray KG7YQ

W0YR@aol.com wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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