Probably true Yan but as Mike (W0MU) pointed out how will I know in advance 
that I might be in the top 10 in some category and therefore might need to 
provide a recording? My granddaughter is a ham but would be hard pressed to 
float a 100USD for a netbook computer at the moment on her own. So I guess 
she would need to make sure she doesn't end up in the top 10 such that she 
needs a recording. [Fortunately,  she does her contesting from my station.]
73, Larry  W6NWS
 -----Original Message----- 
From: XV4Y (Yan)
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 8:18 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes
Hi Larry,
These requirement will in practice be enforced only for "top scorers".
 I think neither "newcomers with cheap stations" or "oldtimers with boat 
anchors" will qualify for top scores.
It's my opinion, but I might be wrong.
Someone talked about Chip K7JA winning with an old radio without CAT.
 It's a great achievement without doubt. However this particular example is 
not relevant as Chip had to spend several hundreds of dollars for his plane 
ticket and so.
Buying a used netbook computer for 100$ would have not be an "out of budget" 
expense.
73,
Yan.
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Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
http://xv4y.radioclub.asia/
http://varc.radioclub.asia/
 
Le 22 mai 2015 à 23:00, cq-contest-request@contesting.com a écrit :
Message: 6
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 10:01:03 -0400
From: "Larry" <lknain@nc.rr.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes
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I realize some of this is reaction to the TO7A events.
 On the one hand we talk about trying to encourage new contesters but in 
this
thread we are suggesting possibly more equipment or equipment capability
 which could be overwhelming to new contester or even an older contester 
with
limited means. There are still hams without computers (or at least not
connected to a radio).  There are others that are running older computers
and can't afford to move to something newer.
73, Larry  W6NWS
 
 
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