[UK-CONTEST] rules apply even when they can't always beenforced?

[Paul pasquet]

Considering that the DX cluster carries callsign and frequency information as well as the ability to talk to other contesters(Much the same as KST) I would suggest that this question:

"I know this is getting tedious, but no supporter of KST
> has yet answered the question - are you an amateur radio
> contester or an amateur internet contester?"

Should be aimed at a considerably wider audience than the users of KST !

And Im still trying to work out how to police the use of mobile phones on contest sites ;-)


Paul G4RRA
 



> From: pokane at ei5di.com
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 11:23:14 +0100
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] rules apply even when they can't always beenforced?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul pasquet" <g4rra at hotmail.com>
> 
> > but I do notice that many of the contributors to this
> > thread are not even registered on the KST system so are
> > clearly talking about something they have not experienced.
> 
> You don't have to be an actor to be a critic :-)
> 
> > Personally I cant see any problem with using KST to increase
> > contacts as long as contest information is not exchanged on
> > the system,as another contributor said earlier its not exactly
> > hard to police that aspect.
> 
> And I can't see any problem with using engines in sailing
> competitions, as long as they are not used to make the
> boats go faster.  
> 
> > At the moment we have the nonsense that it can be used in
> > this contest but not in that contest,or can be used for
> > contacts on one set of frequencies but not on another.
> 
> The "nonsense" lies in the fact that KST is permitted in
> any contest.  It should not be, because it is a separate
> communications technology.
> 
> > Should we ban mobile phones just in case groups ring each
> > other to get points?
> 
> Yes, because they represent a separate communications
> technology.
> 
> > KST and similar systems are here.
> 
> The clear implication is that any new technology can, or
> should, be used in any competitive event - simply because
> it exists.  Now that's what I call nonsense :-)
> 
> > The technology has arrived to take us out of the 70s and
> > 80s contesting world, so get over it, and move on because
> > its not going to go away.
> 
> Engines arrived to take us out of the 19th century, but
> are banned in sailing competitions.  Traction control is
> not going to go away, but is banned in Formula One.
> 
> The issue is not whether something is going to go away,
> but whether it is appropriate.  In all competitive human
> activities, it is normal for certain technologies to be
> banned when their use might change the nature of the
> activity.
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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