[UK-CONTEST] Contesting is unfair.

[Paul Beecham]

Paul quite an uniformed comment, next time I will sit Gerry in front
of my Icom 7800 bought and paid for by me (like every thing else here)
and not the Icom sponsored 7700. By your way of thinking this will
undoubtedly make it more equal for all. Thinking about it Gerry might
have done even better with that extra receiver in the 7800 :)

73 Paul
G6PZ

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:
> On 21/02/2011 23:18, Gordon Brown wrote:
>
>> Why on earth does any private individual operating from a suburban location
>> enter contests and compete against SO entries from commercially supported club
>> stations?
>
> Gordon is correct - a private individual operating from
> home cannot compete against against a SO entry from a
> commercially supported club station, which G6PZ
> undoubtedly is.  It's a fundamentally unequal contest.
>
> Now, before you all jump down my throat, I operated
> SOAB HP in ARRL DX from a "club" station (EI9E), although
> not one that is commercially supported, but ended up with
> only 2000 QSOs.  Trouble is, I need my sleep - I can't
> manage anything close to 48 hours.  I suppose I'm just
> not a contender.
>
> Contesting at any level can be great fun. Unfortunately,
> it is basically unregulated compared to most other
> competitive sporting activities, and it is therefore
> basically unfair.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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