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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Little pistols, big guns, band police, frequency cops and an army of law enforcers
From: John E Bastin <jbastin@sssnet.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:45:58 -0500
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Well said, Frank.

73,

John K8AJS
jbastin@sssnet.com

On Mar 9, 2016, at 14:56, Franki ON5ZO <on5zo@telenet.be> wrote:
> 
>> It would be interesting if a major ssb dx contest dared to restrict...
> 
> 
> YES! We need that. We need more restrictions. We need more rules. We need 
> more enforcement. We need more policing.
> We need someone who has an idea have rule makers make a new rule to adopt 
> this idea and then enforce this upon others.
> We need to give people more reason and channels to complain and snitch about 
> other people.
> That way we can finally squeeze all the fun out of it, and make it dull. 
> Conformity and unity for all! Don't step out of the line! Make sure your 
> signal isn't bigger than mine, or I will have my lawyer contact yours.
> 
> And then, FINALLY our contesting micro-cosmos will at last be a picture 
> perfect imitation of the Real Adult World anno 2016.
> 
> In the end it is just a hobby. The greatest there is, no doubt, but just a 
> hobby.
> I will be the first to list up dozens of aspects that bother me very much. 
> Many items on that list surface here once in a while. Other items never fail 
> to disappear from the reflector. Some imperfections of the hobby frustrate me 
> more than they should, because I too tend to take all this far too seriously.
> 
> Maybe smart people could invent a mode that packs 1000 stations QRM free with 
> 100% error free transmissions that propagates 24/7 into the antipodal region 
> with 10W driven into a rain gutter. That would solve many problems but what 
> would the fun be?
> Let's accept the imperfections. Isn't that just the fun of it all? The 
> challenge? Dare I say: The Heritage?
> Let's accept our own limitations (budget, spare time, real estate, 
> geographical location, skills etc) and make the most of it using our 
> strengths.
> Like to run? Run! Don't wanna run? Tune the band and look for me. Hate SSB? 
> Next week it's CW. Is 34WPM too QRQ? I will also answer you at 20WPM if that 
> suits you. Does your index finger hurt from spinning the VFO? Just click from 
> spot to spot. Don't like Americans? Next week we look for the Russians. There 
> is enough diversity to please almost everyone, except those who can't be 
> pleased.
> 
> Let HAM SPIRIT prevail, which includes 'flexible interpretation' of band 
> plans (CW vs SSB etc) and technical awareness (modulation, clicks...). That 
> MIGHT eliminate the need for more rules and more enforcing, no? Common sense 
> and empathy can eliminate many law books.
> 
> Dear fellow contesters, I appreciate all the contacts logged in the past and 
> those still to be logged. Whether you ran 24/36/48 hours occupying a single 
> frequency with your 8kW amp and 15kHz wide signal from your off the shelf 
> commercial 5/5/5 stack, or if you called me deep down in the noise with 2W 
> from a salvaged power supply MOSFET into a string of wire in your attic. In 
> both cases you 'cramp my style', but I grant you the right to do so. And I 
> thank you for the QSO in the contest. Because that's what we do.
> 
> Live and let live. And 73.
> 
> Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M




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