I strongly agree with all of this, Mike. FAR, FAR too much praise and
respect has been lavished on those with, as you so clearly noted,
"possess this skill,money, land, equipment or desire necessary to do
what they do." And, I would add, a LOCATION with good propagation for
much of the contest period to major ham population centers that are also
multiplier-rich, and where every QSO is to another continent, and thus
worth more points.
I have little respect for those contesting "gods" who are lucky enough
to live around the Atlantic or have the bucks to travel to those islands
in the Caribbean and off the coast of EU and AF. Let them demonstrate
their god-like "skill" by winning DX contests from W6, or from VK.
73, Jim K9YC
On Sun,3/12/2017 10:13 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
Packet is a very large reason we are seeing more contest activity.
People see spots and they go work people. This is good! It drags
people into the fray that might not otherwise get involved. If they
send in a log even better!
What else is bringing people into contesting? The huge advertising
budget with Youtube and 30 second TV spots during the Superbowl? The
million dollar prizes? Hardly.
I am unclear how N6MJ or CT1BOH is lifting us all up. N6MJ other than
giving me contacts has no effect on my score. Him being on does not
give me a million point bonus. Him getting on does not bring more
participants to the contest, unless he has more groupies than I know
and chances are that his groupies will only work him.
They have great skill and so do others. 99 percent of the
participants probably do not possess this skill,money, land, equipment
or desire necessary to do what they do. They need the rest of us.
Are we not lifting them up?
W0MU
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