[RTTY] CQ-Contest SO2R

[Jay]

The annual debate starts again.

Good points Jay.  However, I will add one point. There is no way to ever
equalize a radio contest.  If we had
SO1R then we would have to have SOnoYagi, SO_50_foot lot, SO_QRP. and so
forth and so on.

The fellows who travel to P40 and HC8 and elsewhere do so knowing full well
they will win the contest. Its
why they spend the time, money, and effort.

20 years ago this year and at the bottom of the solar cycle.  The K was 67
and the A was 2 plus all weekend.  You could
work anywhere in the world on 10 meters from HC8.  Thanks to my friend Ted
HC5K for inviting Betsy, Hal and Roy along 
with myself to HD8CQ and the first CQWW RTTY contest.

The point of RTTY contesting is to enjoy the event.  I would actually much
rather sip a little Crown with Don, AA5AU, and my friends 
Ron K5DJ, and Wayne K7WM while doing a M/M from W5WMU than run a SO2R from
Spokane. 

A couple of hints for SO1R guys, try in CQWW a Single band as you are in
competition only with folks in general with one radio.  Also
you can do M/S with packet or a friend with a 10 minute rule in other
contests.




At 08:29 AM 9/14/2007 -0600, Jay Kloss wrote:

>I would be willing to bet that the guys who are running SO2R are
>judging their relative success by comparing their scores to the other
>guys who run SO2R. And I guarantee you that they know who their
>competition is. So, in a sense, they likely already consider
>themselves in another 'category', another higher level of excellence
>and expertise.

>At the same time, it would be nice to be able to tell from the scores
>that I was competing (mostly against myself) but also alongside
>someone with a similar methodology as myself. That way, I would have
>someone to set my sites on and emulate who is also up there in that
>high, thin air with the SO2R guys, but is running 1O1R like me.