Frank,
You didn't have to take that quote out of context, but it still applies. Your
other enhancement didn't help you, either.
In an indirect way, I addressed the "situation" in California. But, since you
decided to broach the subject directly, here is my reply: Nobody is breaking
any rules. In my opinion, the ARRL is off beat by having a word like "intent"
in the rules. There should be no interpretation going on. Having someone decide
whether there is intent or not is ridiculous, in my opinion. Apparently, the
interpretations arrived at by the group in Califonia is different from yours.
Beyond that, they won their categories in the contest by following the rules
and were not disqualified. I told you before, that if I had the resources, I
would get a crew together myself to take Wayne and his bunch on. As you can
see, I don't have a problem with Wayne and his methods of winning. Ask yourself
if you thought that you would place first in the US if they didn't. If the
answer is yes, then get set up to beat them next time. If the answer is no,
then you have no beef since you are not
in the same ARRL division.
As far as the distance scoring thing goes, I'd rather not change. It would be
change of pace for the competitors but would mean a large increase in workload
for the sponsors. I think the winners of contests under the present set of
rules would continue to win under a new set of rules.
Why the HF chick down the street? Wasn't she married to Borat or something? ;-)
73,
Paul, K7CW
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, frank bechdoldt <k3uhf@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: frank bechdoldt <k3uhf@hotmail.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] psyched out
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:49 PM
A snip from paul, A guy I really do like, becuase he usually makes me think.
"A solution for achieving high esteem: If you find that you probably
won't win, Drop back and consider just having fun by competing with those
whom you have similar circumstances, try to improve on previous scores that
you've made or just have fun in the activity by participating."73,
Paul, K7CWK7CW
Come on Paul, the group in California has no/few peers becasuse the majority of
rovers honor the intent of the ARRL rulemakers who put value in the contest.
Even if I was to take out my brain and say lunchg box/ grid circling roving in
the begining class and traditional class was fair it would not be sportsmanlike
or good for the contest as a whole. The best example is profesional sports with
salary cap. Its done to keep things competive. Would people be interested in
sports if stienbrenner exclusively cloned the best players in baseball history
and the Yankees beat every team for a 100 perent record for the next decade?
People in Boston aLLREADY KNOW HE'S DOING THIS. If the rest of baseball said
it was unethical, would it be wrong for the other teams to address it in a
political manner?
Count me in to help with distance scoring ARRL sponsered or not. ARRl fixes
this issue or not. There needs to be more variety in the VHF bedroom, or we
might have to step out with that HF chick down the street.
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