[RTTY] Fw: SO1R Proclamation

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Total poppycock! 

> > WHEREAS the cost of implementing an EFFICIENT and COMPETITIVE SO2R 
> > contesting station is far beyond the means of the majority of SO1R 
> > competitors;

Demonstratively not true.  Many SO1R competitions already have a 
back-up or mobile radio that can be put into service.  Basic LPT 
controlled SO2R controllers can be assembled for less than $25 and 
a simple trap vertical/trap dipole can be used effectively for the 
second radio at a very low cost.  

Any attempt to divide the Single Operator entry class base on 
operating technique is the equivalent of dividing living quarters 
based on ethnicity.   



> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Moore
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:51 PM
> To: RTTY
> Subject: [RTTY] Fw: SO1R Proclamation
> 
> 
> Been gettin a bit personal out there on this issue.. Here's 
> something to 
> lighten it up a bit
> 
> > HEAR YE, HEAR YE Oh Fine Gentlemen and Ladies of RTTY Contesting:
> >
> > (note: nobody else in this group ever recognizes the ladies)
> >
> > WHEREAS WHEN ALL ELSE IS EQUAL, the addition of a SECOND 
> radio is and has 
> > been proven to be a significant contesting advantage, often 
> greater than 
> > the High Power advantage, as shown by resultant contest scores and 
> > acclaimed to by many top ranking SO2R participants; and
> >
> > WHEREAS it is indeed important to recognize the outstanding 
> achievements 
> > and contributions of SO2R operation in the contesting sport; and
> >
> > WHEREAS such recognition in the same contesting class as 
> SO1R, results in 
> > absolutely no recognition for outstanding achievement of 
> SO1R operation; 
> > and
> >
> > WHEREAS the cost of implementing an EFFICIENT and COMPETITIVE SO2R 
> > contesting station is far beyond the means of the majority of SO1R 
> > competitors; then
> >
> > THEREFORE let it be known and resolved once and for all 
> that the inclusion 
> > of SO2R in the same competive class with SO1R is and has 
> been grossly 
> > unfair to the achievements of SO1R competition, and
> >
> > WHEREAS the ARRL and other contest sponsors have 
> consistently refused to 
> > acknowledge much less discuss this unfair advantage; and
> >
> > WHEREAS the relentless pleading for a separate SO1R 
> category has received 
> > unfounded ridicule and summary dismisal without due 
> consideration of the 
> > facts; and
> >
> > WHEREAS there is and has been for a long time NO recognition for 
> > achievement of Single Radio operators which represent, by far, the 
> > majority of all RTTY contestors; then
> >
> > HENCEFORTH let it be known that the Society for the Recognition and 
> > Support of SO1R Contesting (SRSSO1RC) will sponsor awards for the 
> > achievements of this majority, yet over neglected class; and
> >
> > THEREFORE let it be recorded that continued failure to 
> recognize SO1R 
> > participation and achievement in RTTY contests by contest 
> sponsors may 
> > ultimately call for the summary refusal of SO1R participation and 
> > subsequent establishment of new contests with
> > rules favoring achievements of SO1R participation.
> >
> > Now Oh Ye Fine Gentlemen and Ladies, let your flaming 
> arrows descend upon 
> > these truths. For it is the crookedness of your arrow's 
> shaft, the stinch 
> > of your arrow's ashes and the dullness of your arrow's 
> point that will 
> > ultimately assert the validity of this long over due Proclamation!
> >
> >
> > 
> 
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