Total poppycock!
> > WHEREAS the cost of implementing an EFFICIENT and COMPETITIVE SO2R
> > contesting station is far beyond the means of the majority of SO1R
> > competitors;
Demonstratively not true. Many SO1R competitions already have a
back-up or mobile radio that can be put into service. Basic LPT
controlled SO2R controllers can be assembled for less than $25 and
a simple trap vertical/trap dipole can be used effectively for the
second radio at a very low cost.
Any attempt to divide the Single Operator entry class base on
operating technique is the equivalent of dividing living quarters
based on ethnicity.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Moore
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:51 PM
> To: RTTY
> Subject: [RTTY] Fw: SO1R Proclamation
>
>
> Been gettin a bit personal out there on this issue.. Here's
> something to
> lighten it up a bit
>
> > HEAR YE, HEAR YE Oh Fine Gentlemen and Ladies of RTTY Contesting:
> >
> > (note: nobody else in this group ever recognizes the ladies)
> >
> > WHEREAS WHEN ALL ELSE IS EQUAL, the addition of a SECOND
> radio is and has
> > been proven to be a significant contesting advantage, often
> greater than
> > the High Power advantage, as shown by resultant contest scores and
> > acclaimed to by many top ranking SO2R participants; and
> >
> > WHEREAS it is indeed important to recognize the outstanding
> achievements
> > and contributions of SO2R operation in the contesting sport; and
> >
> > WHEREAS such recognition in the same contesting class as
> SO1R, results in
> > absolutely no recognition for outstanding achievement of
> SO1R operation;
> > and
> >
> > WHEREAS the cost of implementing an EFFICIENT and COMPETITIVE SO2R
> > contesting station is far beyond the means of the majority of SO1R
> > competitors; then
> >
> > THEREFORE let it be known and resolved once and for all
> that the inclusion
> > of SO2R in the same competive class with SO1R is and has
> been grossly
> > unfair to the achievements of SO1R competition, and
> >
> > WHEREAS the ARRL and other contest sponsors have
> consistently refused to
> > acknowledge much less discuss this unfair advantage; and
> >
> > WHEREAS the relentless pleading for a separate SO1R
> category has received
> > unfounded ridicule and summary dismisal without due
> consideration of the
> > facts; and
> >
> > WHEREAS there is and has been for a long time NO recognition for
> > achievement of Single Radio operators which represent, by far, the
> > majority of all RTTY contestors; then
> >
> > HENCEFORTH let it be known that the Society for the Recognition and
> > Support of SO1R Contesting (SRSSO1RC) will sponsor awards for the
> > achievements of this majority, yet over neglected class; and
> >
> > THEREFORE let it be recorded that continued failure to
> recognize SO1R
> > participation and achievement in RTTY contests by contest
> sponsors may
> > ultimately call for the summary refusal of SO1R participation and
> > subsequent establishment of new contests with
> > rules favoring achievements of SO1R participation.
> >
> > Now Oh Ye Fine Gentlemen and Ladies, let your flaming
> arrows descend upon
> > these truths. For it is the crookedness of your arrow's
> shaft, the stinch
> > of your arrow's ashes and the dullness of your arrow's
> point that will
> > ultimately assert the validity of this long over due Proclamation!
> >
> >
> >
>
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