"Dave Heil" wrote


I'm aware of stations who use packet spots during contests and who claim SO
status. There's no real way to put that genie back into the bottle.


If that so, an examination of their log side-by-side a print out of the cluster
log is an easy DQ. Rather than put the cheater (genie)back in the bottle, a
quiet note to the contest sponsor with evidence will expose them.

That's a logical extension of SO2R, and I believe that the station designer
who makes it work ought to remain in SO category and not be "punished" for
his innovation and design effort.

I disagree. The robot is, in effect, a second op.

We'll have to disagree.


I'm with K3ZO on the SO2R scene: It is a lot of extra work and trouble and
I'm of the opinion that a good SO can usually equal or beat the 2R op.


SO2R has a huge learning curve (more like a learning "cliff"), and a casual or
inexperienced operator whose station isn't optimized for SO2R will flounder.
Having said that (and god forbid I disagee with Fred) but a skilled/experienced
SO2R op in the chair at a well engineered 2R station will bury an equally
skilled/experienced SO.

73, de Hans, K0HB