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I believe Bob agrees with me Paul, that this is a rules based sport.  
The "spirit" for me is the graciousness and gentlemanly conduct that  
we often see on 40m - and a good sense of humour :)

Callum McCormick
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Away from my desk right now..

On 30 May 2011, at 18:38, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:

> On 30/05/2011 15:28, Bob Henderson wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> In your subsequent post you said
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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>> Bob, 5B4AGN
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>> On 30 May 2011 13:38, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com
>> <mailto:pokane at ei5di.com>> wrote:
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>>    On 30/05/2011 13:24, Callum McC wrote:
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>>> The rules of the game are to win, within the rules. That's the
>>    spirit.
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>>    Not true!  WPX has no rule prohibiting key clicks.
>>    Key clicks give a competitive advantage, but are
>>    against the spirit of the contest.
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>>    Anyone disagree?
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>>    If you do disagree, I expect you will have no
>>    objection to key clicks from myself or anyone
>>    else in future contests.
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>>    73,
>>    Paul EI5DI
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