Topband: Brave New World

[john]

there will never be a level playing field.
as for me,,,Ill simply turn the other cheek
all the best   for all 73 john w8wej

On 2/26/2015 12:28 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Wed,2/25/2015 3:26 PM, john wrote:
>> are actually physically there--they are not in my opinion , hired 
>> guns, that description  is unnecessarily unkind and  incorrect , in 
>> my opinion, they are operating  radio(s) on site..on site being the key
>> I appreciate the efforts of  w3lpl's et al stations  and their 
>> efforts... Other than you having an  apparent  issue with big gun 
>> stations and club ,   the (your), problem is????
>
> I have no problem at all with it -- indeed, I have participated in 
> several multi-multi and multi-two operations. It's a lot of fun. I'm 
> simply pointing out that K4VV is no more and no less than another of 
> those "team" stations. My own station is pretty decent, and can be set 
> up for two operators in Multi-Single or Multi-Two, and I occasionally 
> entertain guest operators.
>
>> for the record I am about as far from being a big gun station as you 
>> could get..
>>    I guess it is up to each of us to decide  what is right and 
>> ethical , but for me, until I am slapped into a nursing home,,, Ill 
>> take the on site,(real radio) ,  every time...guess it is personal 
>> choices 
>
> Over the last ten years or so, I've done a lot of research, and 
> published a lot of it, about RFI, -- all the RF noise on the ham bands 
> that makes life miserable for guys in most neighborhoods. 10dB over S9 
> noise is common in a lot of places. And for at least that long, I've 
> been reading tales of woe from guys whose CC&R deed restrictions 
> prohibit them from putting up antennas on their own property!  San 
> Francisco is a city of more than a half million, yet there are 
> virtually no HF ham stations within the city.  Chicago, a city of more 
> than 3 million, had only four guys (including me) active on HF when I 
> moved from there in 2006, and our stations were quite modest.
>
> I think you, and a lot of others who have wailed and wrung your hands 
> about this,  have very closed minds.  What, exactly, is your problem 
> with those guys, and there are many thousands of them stuck in that 
> situation, operating a station remotely?  Should they be relegated to 
> shack on a belt operation on the local repeater?
>
> What I DO strongly object to are contest scoring rules for virtually 
> major DX contests that give a 20:1 advantage to the good old boys 
> gathered around the Atlantic basin.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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