Here we go again.
Jeff, WA2SYN writes:
>............................. There is NO reason why a single op should NOT
>be allowed to use packet in his efforts. After all, he is STILL a single
>solitary operator, without logging or duping assistance.
(other hyperbolae deleted)
I have good packet connections, and I use cluster to good effect from G0KPW
multi-multi. However, from home I choose to operate single op, not multi op.
Jeff and some others assert that packet is just another technical advance
like keyers and no-tune amps, but there is in fact a crucial difference:
packet provides for other ops to contribute to your operation in real-time.
So it is not ordinary single op. Before the introduction of the s/o assisted
category, there would have been no question that if I operated with someone
sitting in the shack tuning a rx and passing multiplier info on bits of
paper, that would have been considered multi-op. So why should a setup
where the entire cluster community can pass me mults be considered ordinary
single-op?
The right move was to introduce two classes. The sponsors considered the
distinction between assisted and unassisted sufficiently important to create
two classes. Then you have the CHOICE as to which one suits your conception
of single op. Attempting to hold unassisted ops up to ridicule as Jeff does
and seeking to move us all towards a packet assisted class because a very few
people cheat, is to deny the important difference between the two classes.
Perhaps if the new class had been called multi-op limited, we might view
it differently. As Jeff says, packet assisted ops can weigh their performance
against the great multi-op efforts.
Packet has been around for some time now, yet the great majority of CQ WW
entrants still enter unassisted, even in areas where packet connections are
excellent. If the majority prefer to enter the unassisted class, you are
doing them a disservice by suggesting it should be merged with the
assisted class.
Dave G4BUO
>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu Fri Sep 23 18:07:18 1994
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil@seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Subject: More scategorical imperatives(?)
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9409231014.A8937-8100000@bach>
On Thu, 22 Sep 1994, Ronald Vincent wrote:
> Oh, God, I can feel
> the flamethrowers being lit now . . . .
>
Ron, what makes you think they're ever OFF? ;-)
Ward N0AX
>From Hoeft, Roger V" <rvhoeft@po5.pcmail.ingr.com Fri Sep 23 18:29:00 1994
From: Hoeft, Roger V" <rvhoeft@po5.pcmail.ingr.com (Hoeft, Roger V)
Subject: Thanks for the Info (80M Loop)
Message-ID: <2E830F87@hubsmp1.pcmail.ingr.com>
A belated, but grateful thanks to those who responded to my posting
concerning my 80 meter loop, especially Eric, N7CL, for taking time to model
the antenna parameters.
This IS a good place to ask for help.
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Roger Hoeft aka KA9EKJ
Intergraph Corporation - Amateur Radio is a contact sport
Huntsville, AL 35894
rvhoeft@ingr.com - If it's not
fastpitch, it ain't softball !!
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>From Robert A. Wilson" <n6tv@VNET.IBM.COM Fri Sep 23 19:07:41 1994
From: Robert A. Wilson" <n6tv@VNET.IBM.COM (Robert A. Wilson)
Subject: Reserve your County, 1994 Calif. QSO Party
As of 9/23/94 1800Z, I have commitments from the following stations
to operate in the 1994 California QSO Party, 1600Z Oct 1 - 2200Z Oct 2.
Glenn County and Santa Barbara county are the only ones with ZERO
COVERAGE at this time. Coverage in Yolo is also shaky. Any volunteers?
Let's make this CQP the best ever!
73,
Bob, N6TV
1994 CQP County Coordinator
Internet: N6TV@VNET.IBM.COM
Couunty 1994
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(mobile) KK6XN, K6AAW
Alameda K6BZS, N6EK
Alpine AA6KX, N6AU, KM6OH(+3 ops), W6TVP
Amador K6PU
Butte WB6AKF, KN6EL, KI6AN, WB6RXF
Calaveras N6TNX(+N6TNW)
Colusa WY7M(lim., CW only)
Contra Costa K6DYP
Del Norte AA6UN, K6HY
El Dorado WB6IRC/W6OAT
Fresno N6GJI, WA6FGV, WB6ITM, KG6F
Glenn
Humboldt W6JTI, AA6DX
Imperial KI6X?, N7CW(+KD6QK), KK6XN/M, N6SMW
Inyo W9NQ, KG6VI
Kern W8AKS/6, N6BFN(maybe)
Kings K6OZL
Lake W6BSY
Lassen KJ6MD, K6JKC
Los Angeles WB6NFO, W6DDB, AB6FO, KC6X, KJ6HO, WA6BIL
Madera KD6FW
Marin W6ZQK/M, WA6CTA
Mariposa N6EE(lim.)
Mendocino KB6LZW
Merced KI6PR
Modoc N6OM
Mono AA6KX, WA6GDS(+NZ6N), N6AU
Monterey W7CB, WD6CKT
Napa W6FSJ, W6OSP
Nevada K6AAW/M
Orange WA6RND, WB8SVN, N6ZLV
Placer W6RFF, K6DGW, W6PYX, K6AAW/M
Plumas W6GPM, KN6QT, KF7AM/6
Riverside KK6XN/M
Sacramento KM6VU, K6SG, W6NKR, N6BFN(maybe), K6DR
San Benito KG6GF
San Bernardino W6HAL
San Diego N6YZJ, W6MVW, W6UQF, N6AZE, KK6XN/M, N6SMW, WB6MSE
San Francisco AC6AH
San Joaquin W6FAH, KJ6DL
San Luis Obispo W6TKF, WA6IET
San Mateo N6NF
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara N6TPT, W6PRI, N6WLF, N6NKT
Santa Cruz NS6V, KD6NOS
Shasta N6WMF, N6RQE, W6BJH
Sierra N6JM
Siskiyou NI6T(at K6VX)
Solano W6JSB, KK6XA(+KK6XB), K7VA/6, WX6M, WB6YRN, K6HIH, KJ6Q
Sonoma AA6YX, W6ESJ(lim.)
Stanislaus WG6P, KD6KKP, N6EE
Sutter NV6O(+AH8I, KJ6TC, N6UXB, KN6OX),K6AAW/M
Tehama W6JEX, WB6KOE
Trinity AA6DX
Tulare WB6YIK(+KC6HJJ), W6IFC
Tuolomne WW6D(lim.), N6AU, N6UUG, KI6PG
Ventura N6VR(lim.)
Yolo KK1A(MAYBE)
Yuba K6AAW/M
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