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[Paul O'Kane]

On 30/05/2011 15:28, Bob Henderson wrote:

> So far as I am aware all contest rules require you to operate within the
> terms of your licence.  Deliberate interference is outside those terms.

No one was suggesting deliberate interference.
We both know that some rigs are very much worse
than others in terms of key clicks, and using a
a "clicky" rig gives a definite competitive
advantage.

In your subsequent post you said

 > Whether something appears semantic to you, me or anyone else
 > matters little.  What matters is the rules the sponsors lay
 > down and how they choose to interpret them.

There's nothing semantic about key clicks, deliberate
or otherwise, and yet I'm not aware of any contester
ever being penalised for that reason.

There are many things than some contesters do, within
the rules, that are nevertheless against the spirit of
contesting.  These things matter, regardless of the
specific rules for a contest.

Either you accept that there is such a thing as "the
spirit of the contest", or you don't.  You haven't
said one way or the other.

73,
Paul EI5DI















>
> Bob, 5B4AGN
>
> On 30 May 2011 13:38, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com
> <mailto:pokane at ei5di.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 30/05/2011 13:24, Callum McC wrote:
>
>      > The rules of the game are to win, within the rules. That's the
>     spirit.
>
>     Not true!  WPX has no rule prohibiting key clicks.
>     Key clicks give a competitive advantage, but are
>     against the spirit of the contest.
>
>     Anyone disagree?
>
>     If you do disagree, I expect you will have no
>     objection to key clicks from myself or anyone
>     else in future contests.
>
>     73,
>     Paul EI5DI
>
>
>
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