[VHFcontesting] poll cont...

[Jim Forsyth]

Since I know the people involved and they pass through my area I have to say 
that I do not believe they refuse to work others and I do not believe they 
cause QRM any more than normally happens in a VHF contest.

I'm sure I am not alone when I say that I appreciate all the band/grids I 
get from those guys and my contest experience is enhanced by their 
operation.

73 Jim, AF6O

> Paul,
>
> The diference is unlike you who goes out portable and sets up a good 
> station
> and I who mounts respectable antennas to my vehicle and we are able to 
> work
> each other 400 miles apart as I change grid squares. What you and I do and
> others is in the spirit of the contest.  Exploiting a rule to generate
> points with 2 other vehicles with equipment you also own is not cheating.
> Its exploitation of the rules.
>
> Read the comments about his caravan qrming people and refusing to work
> others, randomly selected people from the poll stated this.
>
> Buying 3 cars of gear and working people 500 feet away is no great feat 
> nor
> a reson for us to keep our spectum.
>
> It is a feat, it needs its own catagory.
>
> Frank
>
>>From: Paul Kiesel <k7cw at yahoo.com>
>>To: frank bechdoldt <k3uhf at hotmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] poll cont...
>>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 21:25:39 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>Hey Frank,
>>
>>I won't run this into the ground because I know you're
>>pained about it. But Wayne Overbeck and his buddies, I
>>assure you, were not out after any Texas certificate.
>>Wayne is a cantankerous soul, but he does what he does
>>to be the best, to win, given the rules that exist. I
>>don't need to defend him; he's perfectly capable of
>>defending himself, and has done just that many times
>>for many reasons. Historically, Wayne Overbeck has
>>been a real contributor to the advancement of VHF/UHF
>>amateur radio. That's the way I like to look at it.
>>The problem about rovers is not people like Wayne
>>Overbeck. The problem is that not enough thought was
>>given to what the overall rover rules should be. The
>>big flaw was that they felt they had to invent
>>something so that guys wouldn't travel to multiple
>>grids and submit separate entries for each grid. Well,
>>how in the hell did that come about. Well, when they
>>created grid locators, they didn't give much thought
>>as to what would happen if guys decided to travel to
>>different grids to give them out in contests! So, it's
>>a sloppy scenario from day one of grid locators, back
>>in 1983!!! Now, they have to deal with folks who feel
>>that people like Wayne Overbeck are cheating or
>>operating in an unfair way. So, that's it. It ain't as
>>simple as some might think. And it ain't easily fixed,
>>either.
>>
>>73,
>>Paul, K7CW