[VHFcontesting] Controversy

[Zack Widup]

If I'm going to work people on 24, 47 and/or 78 GHz in the contests I am 
just about going to have to make two transverters and loan one to someone 
to work me. With the equipment I have planned, I'm not likely to make any 
QSO's over more than 10 mles distance on 47 or 78 GHz.  But you never know 
...

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, John Geiger wrote:

> 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
>>>
>
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