[RTTY] Cheating

James Colville jimw7ry at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 10:36:22 PDT 2010


Agreed Cheryl!
I think SO2R should be in a class by itself. IN ALL CONTESTES... Or lump it
together with some multi class.

73
Jim W7RY



On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Cheryl Whitlock <cherwhit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don and all,
>
> Cheating is one of the reasons I do not like SO2R. That is bad enough, but
> it ties up too many frequencies on already crowded bands on contests
> weekends as well. I don't see things changing until contest sponsors start
> banning SO2R from the contests, which I would cheer if they did. It really
> irks me to call CQ and get a message that the frequency is in use, but no
> immediate contacts are made.
>
> As far as cheating in general, I know a ham who has run high power in the
> contest, but enters under low power. What is the thrill in that?
>
> 73,
>
> Cheryl, AA4YL
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