A much better analogy Barry and very good points.
I'm one of those 'third tier' contesters. Station is modest and I play for
fun.
I don't care how many radios you use.
If there is only one signal on the band at a time, that's ok by the rules.
And if I hear that 'Level Playing Field'.
THERE AIN'T NO SUCH THING.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com>
To: "Bill Turner" <w7ti@dslextreme.com>; <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] SO2R (again)
> Bill,
> The Indy 500 isn't a good analogy, as not everyone can compete. One
> has to qualify, right? For argument's sake, let's say I did qualify
> to compete. If I expected to be competitive in the Indy 500, I would
> enter the race with competitive equipment. If I was just there to
> gain some experience and have fun, the family sedan works just fine.
>
> Getting back to radio:
> It was a lot of effort on my part, requiring several years of
> building and fine tuning, to become competitive in the single op
> category. It took lots of time and effort (and some money, too) to
> build my station the way I did. That was my choice, and SO1R was your
> choice, for whatever reasons. If you want to be competitive in
> today's age, you have the option of building an SO2R station. But you
> don't want to do that. You want to change the rules to stifle
> progress and competition.
>
> Why do 10,000 people run in the NYC Marathon? Do 9,000+ complain they
> they can't compete because they didn't train in the high altitudes of
> Kenya? Do they want they rules changed? No, most of them enter the
> race to have fun, and/or compete against themselves.
>
> 73,
> Barry, W2UP
>
>
>
> On 24 Jan 2003 Bill Turner wrote:
>
> > Please don't get me wrong - I admire the multi rig guys, but I don't
> > think they should be in the same class as the one riggers. It's like
> > racing Indy cars against the family sedan. Sure, it would be an auto
> > race, but so what?
> >
> > 73, Bill W7TI
> --
> Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
>
>
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