[Moon] casualties of democracy

[jimmyv at hol.gr]

Dear Doug and All

isn't it wonderful that Moon-net has rejected my former public post  
(and probably took me out from the subscribers' list completely) ?
Just because I submitted my honest opinion.

It reminds me of a good friend & EME colleague who is an active 2m  
mixed station. He was suddenly taken out for 1-2 days from the digital  
eme allmighty (as an indirect warning) from the jt65 n0uk logger, just  
because in his highly credible VHF & up international magazine, he  
made available to readers both article authors' views on Deep Search.  
Serving the public interest of all readers, so as to unbiased, decide  
for themselves. No need to give all details here as it is a reality  
show, the direct and indirect threats he went through!

Mails and subscribers' Censorship in Moon-net for years with several  
''victims'' well known and highly respected EME stations in the past,  
vs democracy and freedom of Speech  - on matters crucial to the EME  
community - on Moon reflector.

Very nice gesture of one way propagation on Moon-net, once more. I  
suppose this is the all accepted jt65 views reflector, an Pan-American  
kind of thing, whereas Moon postings represent the fair views of Iraq  
??? & third party casualties, unaccounted for of course, or something?

Thank you Mr Michael Owen, W9IP Moon-Net administrator, for your  
fruitfull ''meritocracy'' in the discussion on ARRL Contest results &  
input for future improvement, where necessary.

73
Jimmy SV1BTR

> Dear YL and OM's  (I have waited years to say that!)
>
> I am absolutely devastated to learn that I have been stripped of my
> Single-Op Multi-Band 50-1296 MHz Mixed Mode Crown.
> I will now have to settle for a blow up replica of the QST Result
> Page displayed on the EME Shack wall to remind me of what could have been.
>
> The ARRL EME Contest was so simple in the past with a single mode
> category without the 144 categories that have evolved since Prague.
>
> It is said that 'you cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear' and
> similarly to integrate the 144 possible mixed mode and operator
> clarification entry
> combinations shows the absurdity of the current ARRL EME Contest
> contrived Rules. Rules that were concocted to allow participation of a mode
> that requires, or benefits from readily available assistance other
> than information passed over the RF path. Who in their right mind
> would want to be on the
> Contest Committee tabulating the results? .. an impossible task as we
> all have witnessed.
>
> And out of all the 144 possible entry combinations I still cannot
> submit an entry for each band as well as a multiple band entry!
>
> I for one, resent being defined as "Analog" operator that has to
> declare that I operated "unassisted".
> I am a CW operator that operates in the time honored traditional
> Amateur manner.
>
> So in my view you have few choices if the ARRL Contest is to continue
> in its traditional and previously highly respected form.
> Separate  CW/SSB  from the other communication mode. (we have said it
> so many times before, but personal egos continue to negate commonsense)
>
> No Mixed Mode .. No assisted CW (nobody I know ever wanted it as it
> was just an insult anyway) and make any rules you
> like for assisted/unassisted WSJT as you wish (It happens now and it
> is not policed .. how can you .. nor acted upon)
>
> In other words .. give us back our CW EME Contest.  Run a separate
> Digital Contest.
>
> Get rid of the Mixed Mode assisted/unassisted folly ... or  the CW
> entries this year may surely be diminished .
> Who would now want to enter a Contest that is now clouded in such
> controversy? Many prominent EME operators have already voted with
> their feet and
> declined to post entries. The ARRL EME Contest reputation has sadly
> been tarnished since mixed modes were introduced.
>
> 73 Doug VK3UM
>
>
>
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