[UK-CONTEST] The writing on the wall-part 2

[Dave Lawley]

> Just operate in ways with which YOU are comfortable. And enjoy it!

That's exactly the point Roger. At the moment as a single op. I can 
operate in CQWW phone and CW, and ARRL DX, IOTA etc. without packet and 
know I'm competing against others similarly equipped, so I can enjoy it. 
Abuse is not rampant, and the organisers have become proactive in DQing 
or moving to another section those found cheating.

Contests like WAE, RDXC, WPX RTTY have removed my choice. There is no 
section in which I'm comfortable to operate, so I don't. You're a member 
of the CQ WW advisory committee and I'm very alarmed to see you 
supporting the shooting-fish-in-a-barrel mode in this way.

This argument has been done to death many times on uk-contest and, 
especially, on cq-contest. And every time, certainly on cq-contest, the 
majority are clearly AGAINST merging assisted and unassisted categories.

You have no mandate to destroy the CQWW for the majority (count the 
numbers in the results!) and if you do, you could not be surprised if 
some of the unassisted ops who will have lost the ability to compete in 
the section they choose, decide to take direct action.

73, Dave G4BUO