[RTTY] Be Careful What You Ask For ...

[Bill Turner]

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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:19:35 -0500, you wrote:


>What if AA5AU, W2UP, and so forth all decide, hey, what 
>the heck ... let's use just ONE radio for this contest to see.
>
>Want to guess what the top ten SO1R listing will look like then?
>Tell me again, what the purpose of the new SO1R category was?

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Like a few others, you totally miss the point.

The proposed SO1R class is not to guarantee a win or rearrange the top
ten listing or anything of the like. The purpose is to equalize the
competition in a reasonable manner. Any sporting event, including
radio, is most exciting and interesting when the playing field is as
near level as possible. 

Yes, yes, I know life is not fair, competition will never be exactly
equal, etc, etc, blah, blah ad infinitum.  That does not mean that a
widely-perceived unfairness should be allowed to stand when it is so
easy to correct.

And finally, Mr. Cox, if you have a solution to the problem other than
ignoring it, please do post it. 

Bill, W6WRT