[RTTY] Debate

[Jeff Stai]

hi John - I do get that. Let me put it another way...

I can decide to operate in the BARTG Expert class for the Sprint. I can
operate 1 or more radios and change bands whenever I want. I am not
burdened by any band change rule in this case.

Or, I can decide to operate in the SOAB class. Now I must take care not to
change bands too often. This rule burdens the entrant who chooses to
operate SOAB to follow the band change rule.

Or, I can just decide to get on the air and make contacts. I don't want to
worry about band changes so I just S&P and chase spots. In this case my
rule-ignoring behavior could inadvertently land me in the Expert class
because of band changes.

Notice how the operators who don't want to to operate Expert are the ones
who have an extra rule to follow.

If I then extend the concept of a band change rule to distinguish whether a
station is SOnR or not, you are again putting the onus on the one-radio
station - that does not want to be considered SOnR - to follow a rule.

That's the rub. - jeff wk6i


On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:56 AM, John GW4SKA <ska at bartg.org.uk> wrote:

> **
> The BARTG Expert rules were intended to 'burden' the minority of SOAB
> stations running SO2R. It simply puts them all together in a class with an
> 'expert' label. This leaves the SO1R majority (the 'casual' contesters) in
> their own class without unfair opposition.
>
> Rules that cannot be enforced are not worth having. It's impossible for a
> contest manager to know how many radios are in use ... but the bandchanges
> can be seen in a log ... and SO2R is mostly about bandchanging. That's why
> BARTG don't have classes split into SO1R, SO2R, QRP, low power, high power
> etc.
>
> John GW4SKA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Stai" <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
> To: "John Merrill" <johnn1jm at gmail.com>
> Cc: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Debate
>
> > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:20 PM, John Merrill <johnn1jm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Some contests do have an expert category.
> >
> >
> > Indeed. However, taking the BARTG Sprint Expert Class as an example, the
> > burden of following the rule is actually on the non-Expert. Experts can
> > change bands at will but regular SOAB "...may only change band once in
> any
> > 5 minute period."
> >
> > The trick of defining an SOnR class is to define it in a way that does
> not
> > burden the casual contester. I think that's why you haven't seen it yet
> in
> > more contests.
> >
> > - jeff wk6i
>



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