[PaQSO] 2005 Summary - Mobile Scores

[Michael Coslo]

On May 24, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Jimk8mr at aol.com wrote:

>
> I also thought it odd that some mobile scores, including ours as  
> W3USA/M,
> were listed in both the Mobile and Multi-Op, Single-TX Division.
>
> We certainly compete under different circumstances than a fixed  
> station
> multi-single, such as the seeming winner N3AD and others.

	W3USA was in both divisions, multi-op, and one transmitter.

	If his score was listed as mobile only, with no mention of using   
multiple OP's, imagine the complaints then! Is it fair for a mobile  
entry who uses more than one OP to be in "competition" with ones who  
use only one op? If so, then I guess that it would  be fair to  
eliminate all the "multi" categories, or perhaps ban multi-op mobile.

	We can take our pick as to which is most "unfair".

	I am just about finished with this whole misbegotten adventure. It  
was a major mistake for me to ever take on running the contest, save  
that no one else was willing to do it at the time. It was a learning  
experience, and I have learned some valuable lessons.

	1. It is orders of magnitude better to be a participant than an  
organizer.

	2. Contesters are eating their young.

	3. It may only be a minority, but it still wears you out.

	I now fully understand why the last two chairmen quit, and one of  
them has even stopped hamming altogether.

	-73 de Mike KB3EIA -