[VHFcontesting] Controversy

[k4gun at comcast.net]

A sked is not team operation.  SOLP stations can't even use APRS information, let alone send out captive rovers.  Skeds are totally different than what we're talking about here.

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From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at lcisp.com> 

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> >point differential within the fixed stations. Again though, >the fixed 
> stations are not operating as teams. 
> 
> How do you know this? There is plenty of team contesting at the HF level 
> (NAQP, NAspring, etc) how do you know it doesn't occur at VHF? 
> 
> > When a SOLP has double the points of the 2nd place >guy, its because he 
> has better antennas, better gear, >better location, more devotion to stay up 
> late, better >operating skills and more modes than the other guys. >He's 
> better because he does the things an amateur >should be rewarded for. Its 
> not because he operates in >conjunction with other amateurs. 
> 
> Again, how do you know this? Plenty of ops make pre-arranged sked for a 
> contest. And if we don't operate in conjunction with other amateurs, 
> everyone of us would have a score of 0. It takes 2 amateurs to have a QSO. 
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> > 
> > I also want to reiterate that I don't begrudge the >individuals. They are 
> following the rules. They violated >the spirit of them, but stayed well 
> within the letter. 
> 
> And what is "the spirit of the rules?" 
> 
> 73s John AA5JG 
>