The best way to eliminate participation in any contest is to make
the rules too dificult to follow. 73, -=Rog-K9RB=-
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Lifter, WT4I <wt4i@brevard.net>
To: Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au@bellsouth.net>; Marijan Miletic
<Marijan@Miletic.net>; RTTY-WF1B <wf1b-rtty@wf1b.com>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:46 AM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Re: SCC RTTY rules propossal
>
> I am with Don on this one...
>
> The RTTY contests outside the big 3 can already be painfully
slow. To further
> limit
> the rate by imposing a 10 band change rule is crazy. Given the
band change rule,
> I will probably play in SARTG the weekend before and skip the
SCC. (Even if the
> SARTG does not have a low power category.)
>
> 73, Bruce
>
> Don AA5AU writes:
> >
> > The rules look good to me except the band change limits. I'm
curious
> > why all the interest in
> > limiting band changes for single ops? This doesn't seem like
a good
> > idea. Instead of
> > discouraging SO2R with this rule, you should add an unlimited
single
> > operator category
> > that has no band change restrictions and allowed to use the
> > Packetcluster. That way
> > SO2R operators can run at will and not disadvantage single
radio
> > operators. If I can only
> > make 10 band changes using my other radio and be burdened with
the
> > unfamiliar task of
> > keeping track of band changes, I'd probably do better fishing
that weekend.
> >
> > Limiting band changes for single operators is a bad idea
altogether.
> > This also discourages
> > moving multipliers from band to band to band to maximize
multipliers.
> > Keeping track of
> > these band changes has got to be a nightmare, even with just a
single radio.
> >
> > I hope the fish are biting that weekend.
> >
> > 73, Don AA5AU
>
>
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