I have to dig out my DXCC paperwork I submitted at that convention. I
scribbled his call down on my envelope so the next time I contest from
DU land I'll be sure not to answer him! I'll get back to you.
Tom Hotrod wrote:
>
> Alan,
> What is his call? Inquiring minds would like to know who this jerk
> was!
> 73, Tom K5IID
>
> At 21:17 11/27/03, Alan C. Zack wrote:
>
> > I observe some people will still act as Jerks. Last year at
> > Visalia
> > one 6'er from the NCCC jumped the line at the DXCC checking
> > payment
> > desk in front of me and a couple of others and I told him, excuse
> > me
> > there is a line here. His reply was that he has known the guy
> > taking
> > the money for a long time, as if that was any excuse to jump the
> > line. Since this guy was a good friend of the person taking the
> > money
> > he was allowed to jump the line over the protests of 3 of us who
> > had
> > been in line waiting our turn. These are the guys who would have
> > no
> > qualms calling the DX out of turn or tail ending and covering up
> > the
> > DX before you got your signal report from him when it is your
> > turn.
> >
> > "Scott R." wrote:
> > >
> > > >Though I've mocked it perhaps, or questioned it, I have no
> > doubt of
> > > >the importance of the "off-season" or between-contests
> > "politics." If
> > > >you act like a jerk to the 99% of the "regular guys" when you
> > see them
> > > >at Dayton, they may not go out of their way to make sure they
> > give you
> > > >a QSO next year. They probably won't forget how you treated
> > them and
> > > >may even exercise their prerogative to not give you a QSO next
> > time.
> > >
> > > Actually, I've always felt people are generally on good behavior
> > at
> > > Dayton - civil conversations can be had even with people I don't
> > > particularly like (or don't like me, as a turnabout - no
> > illusions...)
> > >
> > > The "off-season" and "contest politics" are important if you
> > feel that
> > > one of the things that is necessary for contest success is the
> > > admiration of the peer group. There are at least a couple of
> > people
> > > (not you, Rich) that I can think of who have exhibited bad
> > behavior
> > > during contests repeatedly, are obnoxious in real life, but post
> > > consistently good scores. Are they successful? Yes. Do other
> > > contesters tend to discount their contest abilities because of
> > bad
> > > behavior? Also yes.
> > >
> > > Which leads me to what set this off - watching K1TO's Contest
> > Hall of
> > > Fame induction at Dayton this past year. It struck me that no
> > matter
> > > how good of an operator you are, no matter what you have
> > achieved in
> > > the hobby, if anyone has managed to piss people off along the
> > way it's
> > > unlikely they will receive the peer recognition that may be
> > deserved.
> > > Watching the procession of people on and off the dias talking
> > about
> > > having known 'TO since they were teenagers, all the help he had
> > given
> > > to others in the hobby in the NE and Florida, getting K1ZA
> > licensed,
> > > and the string of contest scores and WRTC wins - the contest
> > scores and
> > > WRTC wins alone are not going to get peer recognition for a
> > lifetime
> > > honor like the Contest Hall of Fame.
> > >
> > > Rich, now that you've won High Power repeatedly from Puerto
> > Rico,
> > > wouldn't it be time to move on to another challenge? (Warning -
> > > Blowing Own Horn Follows): After winning the QRP category in SS
> > CW for
> > > the second time in a row in '99, I started thinking about doing
> > > something different. Low Power? Multi-op? But then I wanted
> > to see
> > > if I could do it a third time, and then a fourth - and I really
> > didn't
> > > even want to bother either the third or fourth time. I did it
> > anyway,
> > > but finally after '01 said, OK, enough already.
> > >
> > > Rich, if you're returning to Puerto Rico for SS in 2004, why not
> > go low
> > > power or QRP and try to win both modes in one of those
> > categories?
> > > I doubt seriously that the QRP category has any special
> > advantages from
> > > the Caribbean for SS.
> > >
> > > Scott W4PA
> > >
> > > =====
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> > > Bertrand Russell
> > >
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