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[Bob Henderson]

Hello Paul

Although I haven't heard you in Cyprus at strength adequate to allow me to
be particularly critical, I have always regarded you as a conscientious
fellow, so have assumed you would take good care to ensure clean
transmissions.  Informed by this belief, I was shocked at your post which I
interpreted as a proposal to intentionally click.  I am pleased to learn I
have that so completely wrong.  On the other hand, I am concerned at the
implication the credit I gave you for radiating clean signals appears by
default. unwarranted.

I am not aware I suggested there was anything semantic about key clicks, nor
would I.  Perhaps you are party to things I have said/written but of which I
have no recollection. ;-)

For the record I take particular care of the quality of my transmissions, be
they CW or other.  My keying is raised cosine in character which I believe
to be most effective in avoidance of clicks.  My nearest neighbour, Alan
5B4AHJ tells me I do not have key clicks.  Few, if any, will benefit from
stronger signals from my station.

You are quite right in that I have not said whether I subscribe to the
concept of "the spirit of the contest".  I wasn't aware I had been asked to
do so, until now.

In short, yes I do; though I suspect not in the way you do.  In my opinion
the spirit of the contest is the gap between the rules as they are written
and the way they are from time to time interpreted by those who matter.
They being the adjudicators.

What I suspect you mean, is more to do with what isn't enshrined in the
rules but is in your own prejudice.

e.g. There should be no use of non amateur radio communications in a radio
contest.

Personally, I love these individual interpretations of "the spirit of the
contest".  They are the equivalent of self inflicted bondage.  There is no
advantage quite like the one you gain from the opponent who shoots himself
in the foot.

73 Bob, 5B4AGN

On 30 May 2011 17:38, 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.
>
> 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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