[RTTY] Level Playing Field is unrealistic

[Jim Rhodes]

I have really tried to stay out of this, but. In other words you
are saying that the High School kids should play against the pros
and and just say "We did as good as we could"


At 01:59 PM 7/23/2006, Steve Lenaghan VE4LR wrote:
>The entire concept of 'levelling the playing field' is unrealistic.  It
>makes about as much sense as my High School football team making it to
>Superbowl or Grey Cup based on some form of equalization calculations.  It
>sounds to me that lower scoring operators want to bite the ankles of the big
>guys.  The underlying factor is skill, the best toys will not get you to the
>finish line by themselves.  Exceptional operators know when to change bands
>and frequencies.  They create the pileups and know how to herd the calls.
>
>Just like DXCC nobody really cares how you got that many, just that you did.
>I realize there are endorsements for certificates but at the end of the day
>your position on the Honour Roll is based solely on the number of contacts.
>
>This year's Field Day was an exercise in too many classifications but that's
>another story.
>
>73 Steve VE4LR
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Jim Rhodes K0XU
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Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.