[Moon] [Moon-net] EME Rules Survey

[Peter Sundberg]

>Ed White WA3BZT schrieb:
>> Hi Gang:
>> The most important part of this Contest Rules Survey is to get the max 
>> amount of stations on all the bands above 50 MHz EME. 

In my world this is totally untrue. I wonder if Ed has ever heard or pondered
over the word "contest". THIS is what the survey is all about, i e what is
allowed and what is not allowed in a contest.

The word "contest" was looked up in an online dictionary by K1RQG. This is the
explanation that he was given:

1 : a struggle for superiority or victory : competition
2 : a competition in which each contestant performs without direct contact
with
or 
    interference from his competitors


>> The bottom line you want the max amount of stations on the band to 
>> show usage. So lets get the assisted mode back in and get more logs. 

Let's put this in proportion Ed. Do you really think that potential
threaths to
our ham bands read line scores of an EME contest in QST? Don't be ridiculous.
We are talking about how to run a contest, not how to maximize noise on the
bands. Maximizing noise on the bands is about LEAVING the Internet alone and
focusing on radio communication instead. 

I am ABSOLUTELY certain that if people would call CQ on the bands rather than
stare at the computer screen and waste time on the keyboard the increased
noise
would not go unnoticed. And people would be making contacts they never even
dreamed of making.    


>> Or we can have less logs sent in and a very poor showing of the 
>> frequency's  for the EME "contest" besides all that, the EME contest 
>> only gives you the "bragging rights" for what ever you want to prove 
>> to yourself. We all get a certificate for being in the contest

Say what?


>> I for one enjoy the contest as it allows me to get my grid and country 
>> count up. But after the way the ARRL has treated the digital stations 
>> cheating  assisted freq. posting. I do not want to place a log of my 
>> contacts.

Ed, you do not need to place a contest log to collect grids and DXCC's.
Maximize your fun in this regard. But not by altering the perfecly sensible
contest rules of 2009!

>>
>> Think before you make a bigger mistake
>>
>> Ed
>> WA3BZT


Let me quote the VUAC:

"The VUAC concludes that allowing self-spotting and real-time
schedule-making in
the EME contest
has been a failed experiment. We recommend elimination of the Assisted
categories."

They are spot on. It was a wise decision by the VUAC when considering the
future of the ARRL EME contest.

Creating activity is another matter. Here we can all help by using our radios
much as we can. Contacts can be made without first spending time on the
Internet to arrange them. And even more contacts can be made if precious
operating time is not wasted on the Internet.


73 de Peter SM2CEW
http://blog.sm2cew.com