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Re: [CQ-Contest] cqww cw spotting report

To: <david@levinecentral.com>, <k1ttt@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cqww cw spotting report
From: Dale Putnam <daleputnam@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 07:14:32 -0700
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I've been contesting from a small station, for a number of years, 
and I echo your comments David, 
Why bother... what good does it do... and to me, it begs an answer for
Have the contest participants become so ultimate and extreme in their
striving for "best" so they may boost thier own self that it is a "do all"
and the end justifies the means... ? ?  What has happened here?
Does winning mean so much, that ethics doen't matter?
Does ethics not hold any value now?
And last... but I am pretty sure not the end of this ... 
Has this lack of ethics spread to any...any other arenas.... including your day 
job..
family...  or over all life? And if the answer to that is a resounding no... 
then 
what is the excuse to do it in contesting? Is it that contesting is in such low 
regard
that a lack of ethics is allowed... then why bother... if it is so low... then 
why bother?
--... ...--
 Dale - WC7S in Wy
 
PS.. I do have a significant number of certificates that I am proud of... and 
no a single one of 
them was obtained by cheating or bending the rules.
The stack is about 6 inches high, without frames.> > As a newer contester, I'm 
really amazed at how anyone can get satisfaction> from doing well when they 
cheat.> > > What you do during a contest is a personal accomplishment whether 
it's as an> individual or as part of a team.How can someone feeling any 
accomplishment> if they self spotted themselves? It would be like running a 
marathon and> stopping your stopwatch 1 mile before you reached the finish line 
in order> to say you ran your personal best.> > David - K2DSL> 
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