On 6 Nov 97, T A RUSSELL <n4kg@juno.com> wrote:
> It's a shame there is no place for two or three aging contesters
> to get together at an average home station to enjoy the CQ WW
> contests.
> de Tom N4KG
> ............................
>
> There are many stations that would like to do a multi-op with a friend
> without setting up two complete stations and having two sets of antennas.
> These stations are discouraged from participanting in the CQWW as a
> serious
> multi-op because of existing CQWW rules.
>
> K5NA@BGA.COM
Hey guys. Times have changed and technology has changed.
First, who said a bunch of guys can't have fun operating the "old
fashioned" M/S. True, you won't win, but you can still have fun. It's
not a coincidence the same stations, more or less, are in the top ten
every year. They have the hardware, location, skill(s) and operator(s).
Second, the same argument can be made for single op. Just change the
phrase "multi-op with a friend," above, and replace it with single op.
How many single op stations, nowadays, are set up with two radios, two
sets of antennas, etc?
Time, and competitiveness, marches on...
73 Barry
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Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@itw.com
Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
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