Whoa! We're getting close to fightin' words. I know there's a lot of
strong feelings out there, but we don't _really_ want to head down that
road, do we? We're better than that.
I suspect that whatever the rule changes N6NB et al would find a way to be
competitive. Those guys obviously spend a lot of time thinking about the
rules and how to be competitive. N6NB discusses strategy on his page. Are
the rest of us really any different? My local club has discussed strategy
to maximize contest points, and I'm sure all the high scoring stations do
it.
Okay, all seriousness aside, are we talking about gold chain wearin', "I
pity the fool" sayin', mohawk haircuttin' Mr. T? Mr. T would whoop all of
us. You've watched the A-Team - those guys could convert a Ford van into an
armored fighting vehicle inside a cave in under an hour with nothing but
their wits and the blowtorch that mysteriously showed up wherever they
went*; they'd have a high powered EME capable rover built in about 20
minutes :-D
73! Chris N9YH
(* fellow TV fans might remember that actually happened on an episode of the
A-Team. I am not making this up.)
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:21 PM, <vhfcontesting-request@contesting.com>wrote:
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 13:21:05 -0800
> From: frank bechdoldt <k3uhf@hotmail.com>
>
> Its time for the ARRL to do some soul searching here. A group effort of
> several stations working themselves for the overwhelming majority is a
> selfish act. It is orchestrated by a selfish person. It?s time the ARRL
> puts an end to this PONZI scheme scoring system between the separate classes
> of roving.
>
> They failed in offering a compromise with the intent of keeping this type
> of activity in its own category as unlimited. Instead it has been selfishly
> orchestrated to create 3 winners in the same group of operators all using
> one man?s equipment. (Plugging in your lunch box does not make you the
> builder.) Parking across a farmer field, does not make you a veteran
> operator. In the end they could win for a club as well, affecting all of
> us.
>
> Lets face it. If we called each channel on a GMRS radio a ?separate band?,
> the same thing (score) would be achieved since there is no real distance
> involved.
>
> If this is so popular and rewarding, someone should build these low powered
> lunch boxes in mass.
>
> Property on top of the San Bernardino hills, 1 million.
> Ham shack on top, 500k.
> 8 lunch box stations 30K.Spitting on the stated intent and compromises of
> the contest, priceless
>
>
--
Chris Burke
chris@n9yh.com
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