That corollary, "If Bill has learned more competitive skills than Dick or
Sally" leads to ..you should compete with your learned SO2R peers.. Then,
and only then, "Bill" can be proud of his accomplishment !
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From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Radio
K0HB
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 6:34 PM
To: John Bastin
Cc: k2zr@arrl.net; Randy Thompson, K5ZD; WriteLog@CONTESTING.COM; Don Hill
AA5AU; ed@w0yk.com; Gary AL9A
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] P49X Prefill file & Message SO2R vs SO1R
SO2R is learned competitive skill. If Bill has learned more competitive
skills than Dick or Sally, then Bill wins.
73, de Hans, K0HB/K7
> On Jan 7, 2015, at 2:53 PM, John Bastin < <mailto:jebastin@fastmail.fm>
jebastin@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>
>> On 07 Jan 2015, at 16:06, W2GR--- via WriteLog <
<mailto:writelog@contesting.com> writelog@contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> If 2 ops had the best identical locations...stacks of antennas
>> etc...and
>> 1 op used 1 rig at a time in a contest and the other 2...the op
>> using 2 rigs would ALWAYS beat the 1R op....no question..
>>
>> I just feel that SO2R should have their own category so we all could
>> play against our peers...1R against 2R in the same category leaves
>> the 1R ops always underneath them...
>
> I disagree, if SO2R is an advantage, it's because the SO2R operator has
worked to develop the additional skills necessary to make it work.
>
> I played with SO2R a few years ago, and I found out quickly that
> working it effectively is *hard*. It takes a lot of practice and a lot
> of work to build the skills to be a winner using SO2R. The guy using
> SO2R doesn't win automatically, he may win because he's *learned how
> to make it work.*
>
> I don't really have an opinion one way or another whether SO2R is a
separate category or not...I'll still run one radio and compete the best I
can, which is what I think everyone is doing. But I will say definitely that
if I get beat, you will not hear me complaining about how many radios the
other op was running.
>
> 73,
>
> John K8AJS
> <mailto:jebastin@fastmail.fm> jebastin@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
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