Well said Mike. I can't see how the new point rules
encourage anyone to add more bands. Since a 2.3G QSO
would count the same pointwise as a 6 meter QSO, I
would do better making a few WSJT skeds than I would
adding new bands. Not exactly the way to encourage
activity on the higher frequencies.
73s John NE0P
--- Mike Hasselbeck <mph@swcp.com> wrote:
> > Finally, we believe it is time to be more
> definitive and state
> > unequivocally that grid circling and captive
> roving are highly
> > undesirable practices and that no rover station
> should engage in them.
>
> I can't see how simply stating that practices are
> "undesireable"
> accomplishes anything tangible. All these
> undesireable activities occur
> in complete adherence to the rules. The California
> rovers even stated in
> their recent write-up that they attempted to work
> anyone they could hear
> because of concern about being labeled captive
> rovers. People who engage
> in any serious competition (and it's clear that many
> are VERY serious)
> want to have clear, precise rules. What if I happen
> to run into another
> rover at a grid intersection and we both had the
> intention of activating
> all 4 grids? Because grid circling is
> "discouraged", are we not allowed
> to contact each other? Perhaps from just one grid?
> Two grids? Having
> vagueries is guaranteed to create problems. What
> happens if the score
> checkers discover what they deem to be grid
> circling? Do these rovers get
> disqualified? Take a guess who won't be back for
> the next contest.
>
> If the California guys want to invest the kind of
> time, money, and energy
> into such an effort to set a record, God bless 'em.
> I think it's a bit
> extreme if not silly, but who cares? I can't
> imagine doing every contest
> in this manner would remain very entertaining for
> very long.
>
> No matter what rules you make, serious contesters
> will figure out how to
> best exploit these rules and win. I respect and
> admire such people, but
> other folks will be grumpy because they didn't win
> or have the resources
> to do it. So be it. It's the nature of
> competition.
>
> Finally, I find it hard to believe that messing with
> the rules -
> especially if they get more complicated - is going
> to significantly
> throttle up participation. The implication is:
> Someone has been debating
> whether or not to add a 70-cm yagi to the tower,
> "...but unless the
> contest committee invokes a new distant grid
> multiplier, dammit, I'll
> invest my money elsewhere and stay off UHF." People
> participate in spite
> of the rules, not because of them!
>
> There is always going to be inequity and only a few
> winners. I willingly
> get clobbered every time out, but participate for
> the excitement and
> challenge of the contest.
>
> WB2FKO
>
>
>
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