[VHFcontesting] Controversy

[John Geiger]

A SOLP station can send out all the capative rovers they want.  Show me in
the rules where it says they can't.

73s John AA5JG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k4gun at comcast.net>
To: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at lcisp.com>; <w4txs at yahoo.com>;
<vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Cc: "Dave Agsten" <w4txs at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Controversy


> 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.
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at lcisp.com>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From:
> > >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.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 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
> >