[RTTY] An open letter to Shelby, K4WW

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

W6WRT writes: 

> "Exile SO2R"?
> 
> Where did that come from? SO2R stations can operate as they always
> have. What's wanted is a separate class for SO1R.

Whether you make a separate category for SO1R or for SO2R the 
effect is the same.  A "SO1R only" category would have the effect 
of placing any operator who used SO2R is a separate. smaller 
category.  The SO1R category will become the de facto "Single 
Operator" category and anyone using SOmR for any reason will be 
exiled to the smaller (presumably less recognized) category - 
something akin to "160 Meter single band" in CQWW.  

The proposal assumes that anyone using SOmR for any reason receives 
an advantage equivalent to receiving operating assistance from 
another person and that's far from the case.  The only reason for 
a proposal like this is the believe that SOmR is so bad that those 
who use it cannot be considered in the larger society of single 
operator contesters. 

This "medicine" is worse than the "disease" it claims to cure. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV