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[Bry Carling]

Exactly Todd - it's the old thing of "why do they need to do that?"
The answer is, "they don't."

They don't but they can - so some of them want to.
Is it illegal? Is it immoral? No.

Some may think it is antisocial. There is a LOT of opposition to 
contesting.

We either take the "live and let live" approach or the 
"control others" approach.

Life is too short to waste all of it on the second one.

> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 9:21 AM, RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >  If you demand FM quality or even extremely high quality AM audio in order to make a contact and understand
> >  what someone is saying, or to enjoy a qso, then, personally, I think youre in the wrong hobby.
> 
> You could say that about any number of aspects and interests in our
> hobby, Ray. For example, if you're into bragging rights and
> recognition of your collection, you should be in car/stamp/coin
> collecting. If you need attention and accolades for your
> accomplishments and need to compete with others for points, you should
> be in NASCAR. If you enjoy the sound of SSB contacts, nets, etc, you
> should be in the military. If you enjoy rag chewing about nothing in
> particular, you should use the telephone, an online chat room, skype,
> or whatever.
> 
> One could just as easily say - if you enjoy the AM QSO with
> communications-quality audio when you could have something more
> natural and pleasing, you're in the wrong hobby.
> 
> >  I'm in the hobby to make contacts and, yes, to chew the rag.  But I dont need studio or FM quality audio
> >  to understand what someone is telling me about their station or where they live or other parts of a QSO.
> 
> Which gets to the more annoying point: someone else deciding and
> telling you what you 'need'. Amateur radio in general isn't really a
> case of 'need' so much as 'want' and 'enjoy'. Some people really enjoy
> CW still, but they don't 'need' to use it.
> 
> >  What's next ... a specially designed shack with soundproofing on the walls like our recording studios to prevent
> >  echos and other things we used to do in radio station sound rooms?
> 
> If you enjoy that side of radio - sure, why not? Why do some guys take
> old cars meant as basic transportation and add superchargers, headers,
> better suspension components and so on when they don't need anything
> more than a Yugo, bus, or even a bicycle to ride to the store?
> 
> Do the big contest stations really 'need' multiple towers, rigs, and
> amps to make contacts? Not unless they want to win and show others how
> serious they are.
> 
> >  Again ...  just MHO.  I freely admit, different strokes for different folks.    I'd rather spend the money on a good
> >  amp and antenna system instead of on a thousand dollar Sennheiser mic, audio processors, and things like that.
> >
> >  But ... tha's just me .    HI HI
> 
> And that's your free choice, Ray. Personally, I can't understand why
> anyone would spend money on an amp when they could buy or build an
> entire transmitter, convert a nice broadcast rig, and so on. You don't
> need an amp to talk with others, after all. (o:
> 
> Once upon a time, getting through the heterodyne noise was priority
> one. As a result, manufacturers concentrated on restricted audio with
> more punch. Collins even did this with the venerable KW-1 about midway
> through production, taking it from sounding reasonably good to very
> restricted. Folks cared much more than about being heard than sounding
> good.
> 
> Today we're fortunate to have such opportunities to pursue our
> particular interest, including more pleasing audio. Compare listening
> to a restricted AM audio signal and a smooth, full AM audio signal
> over a period of time. See which one you get sick of first. I suspect
> it's the same mechanism at work that makes use tune around the AM or
> FM broadcast dials looking for a signal that comes in better so we can
> enjoy it. It's not such an issue if you're making brief contacts, but
> one of the attractions to AM is the more laid-back, relaxed approach.
> 
> If it was only a matter of making contact and being heard, we'd all be on CW.
> 
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
> 
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