Super well said. Couldn't agree more.
Ray KG7YQ
W0YR@aol.com wrote:
> Question:
>
> Why do you and other contest managers insist on inflicting Cabrillo on
> everyone?
>
> Would it not have made more sense to notify the amateur public and the
> contesting software writers that they have a year to update/modify their
> products, and THEN require people to use it?
>
> Secondly, why can't contest managers first arrange for a Cabrillo conversion
> file that could be downloaded from the contest rules site?
>
> Instead, contestants are forced to either buy a conversion program or search
> around for one and figure out how to use it, hoping that it will not mangle
> their submission.
>
> At a time that contesters are bemoaning decreasing participation in contests,
> the breathless rush to Cabrillo has made contesting less attractive for the
> casual participant, the very people NEEDED to increase the popularity of
> contests. While making things easier for themselves, contest managers have
> now infuriated many of the very people they may wish to attract.
>
> I know I will be branded as wrongheaded in this matter but I have found a
> very large number of casual contest operators who have finally said, "screw
> it, life is too short for this."
>
> This is clearly a textbook case of:
>
> Ready ------ Fire ---- Aim!
>
> Mike
> W0YR
> ex-BARTG participant
>
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