I enjoy single operator categories and do not want to see them eliminated. In
at least many contests, the Assisted/Unlimited classes evolved from
MULTI-OPERATOR categories - this is true of many of the ARRL Contests for
instance.
We should do what we, as a community, can to deter cheating and detect
cheaters, but reducing the game to a single category where there is no cheating
because there are no rules (Multi-Operator, High-Power, remote receivers,
multi-channel decoders, ...) is not the answer.
73,
Mark, KD4D
> On March 10, 2017 at 8:49 AM Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Wait...
>
>
> So because of cheaters, you want us (the contest community, collectively,
> including sponsors, log checkers, and operators) to penalize those who (for
> whatever reason) prefer SO by making it less interesting to cheaters?
>
>
> Really?
>
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> On 03/10/17, Mark van Wijk wrote:
>
> Please do not spoil the fun of SO contenders by deleting the category for
> whatever reason.
>
>
>
> Instead, change people behavior.
>
> Make assisted/all allowed category MORE interesting for the cheaters:
>
> - Raise the public recognition
>
> - Better, more incentives
>
> - Bigger prizes, larger plaques
>
>
>
> On the other hand, lower the incentive for UNassisted, make it LESS
> interesting
> to participate for cheaters
>
> - No incentives
>
> - No plaques
>
> - Lower public recognition
>
>
>
> Since we cannot influence peoples own responsibility and personal merits of
> honesty and pride, we have to make SO less and Assisted more attractive.
>
> We might as well let go of the materialistic and large public recognition for
> SO
> contenders. We can share recognition within our peer group, do not need the
> gold/wood.
>
> Pride is in the accomplishment, the long road to and sharing
> knowledge/operating
> experiences with our peer-friends.
>
> 73 Mark, PA5MW
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