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Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R Category

To: sawyered@earthlink.net, cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R Category
From: Gilles RENUCCI <ve2tzt@arrl.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:29:03 +0000
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I am absolutely OK with what you are saying about antennas. My purpose was not 
to tell that ''SO2R'' should be a separate category, but just that the 
''assisted'' one, for the same reasons as ''SO2R'' should not be a separate 
category.

I other sports, categories segmentation are made in order to put equal strength 
competitors in a same group. (F3, F1 for cars, size of boat for sailing,.).

In this vision, if an advantage A is stronger than an advantage B, the guy 
using the advantage A will be in a higher category that the guy with the B one. 

Obviously, for the ''contest'' radio sport, this is not the case. : For 
example, the guy with several 4X4 stacks towers and 100W will be in a lower 
category than the guy with 1000 W and a unique wire multiband low dipole. Same 
thing for SO2R / SO1R (everything else being equal).

It is why I am saying that, in an ADVANTAGE point of view, If you are 
considering that SO2R is not a sufficient advantage to justify a separate 
category, I do not understand why (considering SO2R as a greater advantage than 
spotting assistance) it is the case for the spotting assistance. That's up.

The reason why we cannot agree each others comes from the different angle of 
vision about categories segmentation : I am seeing categories as a way to put 
about same strength stations in a same group, you are seeing categories 
according other criteria's, like "Human help'' versus ''mechanical help'' or 
simply ''ways of living radio''.

There is nothing to argue to that, it is just some differences between the 
various personal preferences.

But, my opinion is that there are too much categories and not rightly segmented 
mainly for historical reasons and I know that this will not change before a 
long time.

Gilles / VE2TZT 

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