Clue: When you are in a hole stop digging.
Jim, AF6O
From: Steve Clifford
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Jim Forsyth
Cc: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Lunch box roving
That's not a negative light. Its simply an observation. Did she build the
station? Did she test the antennas? Did she put in the switches? Did she
search and pounce or call CQ or did she just follow the pre-set directions
about which frequency she needed to be on?
I'm sure she's a brilliant person. I don't dispute her rapid learning curve.
I also don't question your intellect. There's no insult to observe that
neither you nor she did anything other than follow a group, using borrowed
equipment that you had no part in developing and that your success is due to
nothing more than being associated with N6NB. For that association, you'll all
get your callsign listed in QST.
Do I think any of you should be in conventional rover categories? Absolutely
not. Pretending that you have done anything special as individuals is
ridiculous. N6NB has done something remarkable and I'm sure he had help in
putting it all together, but in the end, its his operation. Its a multi-op
program that is allowed under the current rules to report as individual rovers.
I think that's wrong.
Finally, I think a disservice has been done to a new operator. W6TAI may well
be gifted and could have a bright future with VHF contesting. The truth is
though, that she will likely have the highest score as a Limited Rover without
ever having put a station together. Don't you see anything wrong with that?
Steve
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