[VHFcontesting] APRS and Contesting

[Ken Kent]

Duane - N9DG wrote:
>
> > Somewhere a long the way the whole point of what VHF
> > contesting is all about I think has become lost.

 Nate WY0X replied:
Hard to say.  It's not defined anywhere.  What's the goal of the contest?

Gee, I thought the goal was to "HAVE FUN"   If you are taking contesting so
serious you need another hobby.

Ken
KA2LIM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nate Duehr" <nate at natetech.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] APRS and Contesting


> Duane - N9DG wrote:
>
> > Somewhere a long the way the whole point of what VHF
> > contesting is all about I think has become lost. Are we doing
> > it just to rack up big Q counts? Or are we doing it to see
> > what our *weak signal* gear, and *ourselves* are capable of
> > achieving for cumulative *DX* within a 33 hour period? Or are
> > we now just trying to see what our out outside of the shack
> > networking capabilities are?
>
> Hard to say.  It's not defined anywhere.  What's the goal of the contest?
>
> The multi-ops are allowed today to use Internet information sources
> under the current rules.  And yet, Rovers aren't allowed to use ham
> radio based networking?
>
> Seems lopsided and arbitrary to allow land-line based communication and
> information flow for multi-ops but not to allow digital networks that
> are on-air for the rovers, doesn't it?
>
> And it's lopsided because... of the exact question you ask.  What is the
> POINT of the contest?
>
> If it's "to communicate"... pretty much anything goes in that game.
>
> If it's to "to communicate only with weak-signal modes", that's a
> different game yet.
>
> If it's "to communicate with an odd-ball bunch of limitations for some
> operators but not for others using mostly weak signals, but allowing
> some people access to other forms of communications"... that's what we
> have today.
>
> Nate WY0X
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