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[Dave, WV9E]

 Even if you watch the cluster, you still have to make a contact.  90 percent of which are irrelevant here in the upper Midwest, in the valley bottoms, ie the real black holes of VHF+ ops.  


Dave, WV9E  
 

I would like to some day have a LED sign on the back of my vehicle so I could post: "if you're scared, pull over".  Speed limits were set in the old days by the maximum speed of the vehicle, unless you drove in town...
Why do we persist on using model T limits when the technology is much faster now?  



----- Original Message ----- 
  From: thomas antil 
  To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com 
  Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 7:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [VHF] N4JQQ June Claimed Score


  It is easier then that. The rules are laid out for a reason and are
  specific. If you can not follow the rules then do not participate.

  PS 
  get off my bumper because I am not going to go faster then the posted speed
  limit

   

  Tom Antil  ab1gf   



  -----Original Message-----
  From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
  [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Marshall Williams
  Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 10:52 AM
  To: VHF Contesting
  Cc: VHF
  Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] [VHF] N4JQQ June Claimed Score

  Hello everyone....Here is a classic example of the way the current ARRL 
  rules discriminate against Single-Op stations.  Steve has a nice score 
  for a Single-Op station.  He was forced to enter as a faux Multi-Op 
  because he admitted to looking at the Internet.  OMG!! Horrors...the 
  shame!!!

  Of course many others, either knowingly or unknowingly, will ignore this 
  and enter as a true Single-Op....which, in fact, they are.  It is like 
  the old 55mph speed limit....hardly anyone paid any attention to that 
  either, unless a cop was riding their bumper.

  This situation is easily fixed.  Just allow Passive Assistance for all 
  classes.  Recently, CQ allowed Passive Assistance for all its HF and VHF 
  contests.  Guess what?  The world of contesting did not go to hell in a 
  hand basket.  All the "cheating" allegations(about whether or not 
  someone "took a peek") are suddenly gone.  Most of the discrimination 
  against true Single-Ops just disappears.  Single-Ops compete against 
  Single-Ops and Multi-Ops compete against Multi-Ops.  What a concept!!

  To all Single-Ops:  If you are tired of being treated as a second class 
  citizen, stand up!!  Refuse to shut up and go to the back of the bus.  
  Visit with your Director and Vice-Director.  Tell them that the 
  discrimination needs to stop.

  See you in the July CQ WW VHF contest....16th and 17th of July.  GL to 
  everyone....

  73 Marshall K5QE


  On 6/18/2011 3:05 PM, Crownhaven wrote:
  > 50MHz     413/165
  > 144               27/14
  > 222               20/14
  > 432               19/12
  > 902               11/11
  > 1.2                10/9
  >
  > Total Qs         500
  > Total Q pts     581
  > Total Mult       225
  >
  > Total score      130725
  >
  > EM55bd, multi-op (one operator and assistance)
  >
  > If it wasn't for the opening, the contest would have obviously been a 
  > bust.
  >
  > Steve, N4JQQ
  >
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