If you're into analogies, here is a better one:
Suppose that on a given weekend , racing enthusiasts everywhere in the USA and
Canada had a race where:
1. You raced for as many or as few hours in the given 32 hour time frame as you
chose:
2. Raced on whatever sort of track or road you chose;
3. Used whatever car you chose;
4. In the end were ranked based on how many miles you had driven during those
32 hours;
5. Had little or no interest in using tactics to slow down or impede other
racers, and in fact got rewards for each time you helped them out;
6. Although some competitors would chose to use somewhat similar cars and
tracks, there would be no adjustments for different weather, differences in
cars, different road conditions etc.
7. As your prize had your name listed at the top of a list and got a
certificate from the national racing organization. No money, commercial
endorsement deals, no hot women, etc.
In short you go out for the fun of seeing how fast and how long you could
drive, and for what interesting experiences you would have while doing so. So
why would you get so bent out of shape if some people off in some remote desert
built up a special track and special cars to go incredible distances over that
time period. Wouldn't you just ignore them and go on having whatever fun you
have doing your thing, wherever you are?
73 - Jim K8MR
-----Original Message-----
From: Duane - N9DG <n9dg@yahoo.com>=0
ATo: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:13 am
Subject: [VHFcontesting] A racing analogy
Perhaps an analogy will illustrate the “problem” of grid circling…
How do you suppose all the participants in, and spectators of, the Indy 500
would feel if a small group of 8 cars ran a race at the same time as the Indy
500 on another race track? And then this group of 8 just simply went round and
round the track for 200 laps without actually "competing" with each other at
all. And to also not have to be "bothered" with actually interacting with
anyone
else who is in the race over at the Indy Motor Speedway. Meanwhile over at the
Indy Motor Speedway all the other drivers are truly competing with each other
for first place. And then when the race at the Indy Motor Speedway ends those 8
cars who ran the (separate) race over on the other track just come waltzing on
over the winners circle of the Indy Motor Speedway for a nice big bottle of
cold
milk.
Do you think that could ever happen? Do you think that the sponsors, the other
drivers, or the spectators would ever put up with it? So why would a contest
sponsor want to allow the equivalent such a thing to occur in a VHF contest?
If grid circlers really want to have their “fun”, then give them their own
completely separate contest to do so on some other weekend. After all they
provide almost no Q’s whatsoever to any of the oth
er participants in the
contest, their operations are almost entirely confined within their own
orchestrated group. And therefore given that, the rest of the VHF contest
participants would not miss them anyhow.
It will be an extremely sad day indeed when all of VHF contesting devolves into
a collection of small groups who are all planning and using exclusionary to
anyone outside of their own little group strategies and tactics in order to
win.
And I do have to wonder how many have already given up on roving just because
what is going on with this circling stuff already?
So, given the all the problems surrounding roving and grid circling I have
reach
a point of agreeing with those that just want to ban all rover to rover Q’s
completely. And perhaps taking it to an even more extreme step, just ban roving
period. Extremely harsh I know, but I think those rovers who would really want
to continue participating in VHF contests would simply transition to building
the best station that they can for operating at a single portable location for
the entire contest. But they'll at least have the benefit and satisfaction of
knowing that their successes will more or less match their fixed station peers
for the region of the country where they operate.
Duane
N9DG
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