[UK-CONTEST] GI1W claimed score ?

[Keith Kerr]

Fair enough!
Re this general thread, K4XS put this issue over very well (IMHO) on the 
CQ-contest reflector, though admittedly it was aimed at the SOAB (U) vs (A) 
debate. I take your point entirely regarding the Multi-something 
category........your spotting crutch is 'another operator' (probably 
several hundred in fact?).
And if you are geared up and used to using it, then its demise will feel 
like you have lost something. I suppose the question is  'How much have you 
actually lost'? I recall SOAB (A) once being referred to as 'Single 
Operator Distracted'. Perhaps like most things, however, with experience 
more efficient use will develop.
Personally, while I can marvel at the technology (though I have never seen 
'point and shoot' in action), I think 'How much more satisfying it is to 
find 'em yourself'.

Keith GM4YXI (GM7V)

snip.....
>Comparing packet to big beams and towers is nonsense.  The bottom line  is
>there is only one person operating and finding stations at my big towered
>station......me.  In packet assisted, it is a multi-op no matter how 
>you  slice it.
>  I heard the same baloney about two radio  operation......still only one op,
>regardless of the number of radios.
>
>I have no problems with other stations using packet, as long as they admit
>using it when scores are submitted.  If it increases their 
>enjoyment,  great.
>It's a shame though, that we have to change the rules by making  everyone in
>the packet class, because some dirtbags cheat.
>
>Bill K4XS........big towers, SO2R and packetless  contesting


At 11:01 17/11/04 +0000, Cooper, Stewart wrote:

>Hello Keith!
>I must confess I never thought of SOAB when I wrote this. I was thinking 
>how to maximise a score legally - Multi-Multi that is.
>
>Stewart
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Kerr [mailto:k.kerr at abdn.ac.uk]
>Sent: 17 November 2004 10:56
>To: Cooper, Stewart
>Cc: uk-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: RE: [UK-CONTEST] GI1W claimed score ?
>
>
>'I would also have beaters running round raising grouse which I didn't
>
>initially see.'
>
>Hmmm.............Single Operator All Birds (Assisted) I see !! ;-)
>
>Keith GM4YXI
>
>
>
>
>
>At 10:35 17/11/04 +0000, Cooper, Stewart wrote:
>
> >If I were wanting to win a comtest of any kind I would want to maximise my
>
> >opportunities to score points. This may not involve an armchair, but my
>
> >seat would be located to maximise points (probably on the top of a hill).
>
> >I would also have beaters running round raising grouse which I didn't
>
> >initially see. Contesting isn't DX-ing.
> >
> >Stewart
> >GM4AFF
> >
> >('bout time we had a packet dissing thread.)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> >[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Andy swiffin
> >Sent: 17 November 2004 09:50
> >To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> >Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] GI1W claimed score ?
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >>>> "Chris Tran ZL1CT" <zl1ct at gm7v.com> 17/11/2004 05:53:52 >>>
> > >Hi Robert et al
> > >
> > >Any word of a claimed score for GI1W in CQ WW SSB ?
> > >
> > >On a separate issue, I was amazed to read a posting recently from a
> >UK
> > >contest station along the lines of 'our mult station could not
> >function
> > >properly because the DX Cluster link was down' ..mmm.... I don't want
> >to
> > >hurt anyone's feelings, but surely the whole point of a 'mult' station
> >is
> > >that it finds and works multipliers, usually by the old-fashioned
> >method of
> > >tuning around and finding them (which is a heck of a lot more
> >interesting
> > >than just clicking on a spot) ?
> >
> >I'm glad I saw this.  I was wondering if I'm the only one who thinks
> >that the DXcluster is the worst thing ever to happen to radio and
> >particularly to contests.
> >
> >Whatever happened to the fun of the chase, winkling out weak stations,
> >carefully tuning looking for something new to work.
> >
> >
> >It's like someone going out hunting grouse on the moors, having their
> >armchair delivered to the top of the hill and sitting there passively
> >while someone else runs around catching the grouse and bringing them
> >along to be shot by the sloth in the chair.  OK I'm sure you'll get lots
> >of grouse that way but its not really the point is it!
> >
> >DX on a plate sir?  No thanks  ;-)
> >
> >Cheers
> >Andy
> >gm8oeg
> >
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