[RTTY] An open letter to Shelby, K4WW

[k2qmf at juno.com]

Why can't we all just be friends...

 
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:43:14 -0400 "Robert Montemerlo"
<montemerlo at verizon.net> writes:
> Hi Shelby and all,
> 
> God I don't believe that I am going to say this but here it 
> goes....
> 
> As a newbie in RTTY Contesting I am a huge support of restricted 
> classes:
> Rookie, Wires, SO1R, Braindead, you name it.
> 
> But it just doesn't seem to matter in this contest at least to me.
> 
> NAQP is fun! We love doing it! We love doing it remotely if 
> possible.
> 
> By definition a 12/10 hr NA contest is unfair based on the time zone 
> you are
> in and when it gets dark. Look at the scores. It is based on speed 
> so whats
> wrong with M2 or SO2R operation. Splitting scores by call zone is 
> fine it
> compares the competitors with similar propogation.
> 
> After that, well as far as I am concerned, if we divide those call 
> zones
> even further there will be fewer and fewer people in a class.
> 
> Shelby its your contest but some type of handicapping system for the 
> teams
> might make more sense than a separate SO1R class in that it could 
> result in
> some good team competition.
> 
> Just a thought
> 
> 73 Bob KB1JZU
> 
> 
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