Aha...but most Pole Vaulters are VO1P (Vaults ONLY w/ 1 Pole). Your analogy
doesn't quite fit... we all use different types of poles (radios) just that
some of us use only ONE.
Now I don't care if you guys do SOGazillianR.... it just should not be the
same class as someone operating with one radio...go to your own class and
then complain because you can't beat a mega station or something.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Subich, W4TV [mailto:w4tv@subich.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 18:41
To: k-zero-hb@earthlink.net; 'Paul E. Dorey'; 'Dennis Vernacchia'; 'Lee
Buller'
Cc: 'Tom Haavisto'; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] SO2R
Since when did you join Dianna Moon Gompers' staff?
While calling SO1R the lazy man's contesting may be hyperbolic,
the constant attack on those who can and do use SO2R techniques
are nothing more than mantra of the Handicapper General.
K5TR put it better than I did ... there are a series of things that
any competitor can do, including antennas, training and practice.
However, when you have done all that adding a second radio can add
incrementally to the final score. Think of the selection and use
of SO2R in the way a pole-vaulter selects a pole ... too short a
pole will limit the vaulter's maximum height but a pole too long
for the vaulter's ability (training/practice) will be difficult
to control and prevent the vaulter from reaching his/her full
potential.
With the second radio, a properly trained (practiced) operator
can search for incremental multipliers or spot short term/unexpected
band openings, etc. However, if the operator does not use the
second radio properly - or expects it to be a "magic bullet" that
can be used without practice, the second radio becomes a distraction
just like a pole vaulter with a too tall pole.
Still, if a serious competitor is not using SO2R or attempting to
develop the skill to use SO2R, he is limiting his potential just
as surely as if he cannot or will not us an antenna other than a
multiband vertical or if a pole vaulter competes with a pole shorter
than that of his competitors or if a boxer does not do his "road work"
on a consistent basis. All of those are "lazy" behaviors in failing
to do the work necessary to achieve the maximum results.
Rather than limit just one aspect of the competition, provide an
entry or basic entry class with no advantages ... limit competitors
to one transceiver, no packet, no amplifier and antennas no higher
than 50 feet (or 30 feet) and antennas limited to no more than .5
wavelength of total conductor. Such a category would provide an
opportunity for those in antenna restricted areas and those who do
not want to (or cannot) enter the "arms race" of ever bigger antennas,
amplifiers and multiple radios.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K-ZERO-HB [mailto:k-zero-hb@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 6:01 PM
> To: W4TV Joe Subich; Paul E. Dorey; Dennis Vernacchia; Lee Buller
> Cc: Tom Haavisto; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SO2R
>
>
> What a sanctimonious jerk.
>
> 72.5, de Hans, K0HB/W7
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Joe Subich, W4TV <w4tv@subich.com>
> >
> > SO1R is the lazy person's contesting ... it is contesting with
> > one hand tied behind one's back, listening with one ear and
> > entering with half a mind.
> >
>
>
>
>
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