Hello...
Anybody using such a combination? If so, what are you doing about
the boom truss? Is the truss really necessary?
TIA...Lee
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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, GA
aa4ga@contesting.com
>From ka8okh@som-uky.campus.mci.net (Rich Dailey, KA8OKH) Sun Sep 29 16:39:54
>1996
From: ka8okh@som-uky.campus.mci.net (Rich Dailey, KA8OKH) (Rich Dailey, KA8OKH)
Subject: SOA
Message-ID: <199609291641.MAA14951@som-uky-01.campus.mci.net>
>I think W3LPL has summed it up the best - if an entrant claimed to be in one
>category when he was a participant in another the answer to handling his
>entry is simple - Disqualification.
>Now for the hard part....proving this.
>But how do you prove someone is ease dropping? Beyond a shadow of doubt - or,
>since we are a litiguous people, beyond threat of a law suit.
I don't believe there is any possible way to prove it beyond a shadow of a
doubt.
>Years ago there were traps set in one of the big contests for a contester who
>enterred s/o that was believed to be ease dropping...sure enough he went for
>the bait...logged a Q with a station in a juicy multiplier that wasn't even
>on the air that weekend....it had been spotted....gotcha.
I would like to believe that everything that is spotted on the cluster
is/was really
there, even if I can't hear it at that moment. Besides, it seems that this
type of
trap would snare even "innocent" contesters into checking a freq for a
multiplier
that doesn't exist. No, "trapping" a contester just leaves a bad taste in
my mouth.
>Until there is a way to prove someone is ease dropping, people apparently
>feel they can lie and get away with it. This is a sad statement about those
If everyone were allowed to do it, would that not quench the eavesdropping
issue? I think the only way to solve this would be to permit packetcluster
spots in SO, and dissolve the SOA catagory.
Things change. I was away from the hobby from 84-90. Those years saw the
introduction of affordable computers, controllable radios, packet, and
DX Packetcluster. Then we witnessed the emergence of the contest logging
software - the glue that tied it all together to help make contesting one
of the most
exciting aspects of our hobby. Now contesting was always exciting to me.
But
now we had more tools at our disposal.
Now we are in 1996, and these tools have become as common as the claw hammer
and screwdriver in the majority of contester's toolboxes. Some of us (like
myself)
have only recently begun to exploit these software and hardware tools... but
you have to agree that these things are more commonplace today than they
were
6-7 years ago. More affordable, too.
What were the reasons for creating the SOA catagory? I was out of the game
at the time, so I would like to know. Was it to separate the few who had
the
"unfair advantage" (i.e. computers, packet, cluster)? If so, I think the
tables
have turned enough over the years to justify some kind of change.
I think that the contest minority has become the majority over the last
several years.
These are just my opinions. I'd like to hear yours. <click - asbestos heat
shield activated>
Enjoying the discussion,
73... rich
p.s. - Anyone got the parameters for a Conner CP30087i hard drive?
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Rich Dailey - KA8OKH <ka8okh@som-uky.campus.mci.net>
Somerset Electronics Co. - Somerset, KY
Expert repair on all major brands of CATV line/headend, & TVRO equipment.
Opinions expressed here are of my own unique design.
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