At least no one got killed this time.
Last time there was a racing dispute shown in the media, one of the drivers
got run over and killed as he was shaking his fist while standing in the
middle of the race track!
You'd be surprised how serious some of these guys take contesting.
Last month, one group from DL consisting of 16 operators spent 5000 EURO
($6K+) each, or roughly $100K of their own money to participate in CQWW SSB
on a rare Island in the Pacific. (VK9LM). Of course it cost more than that,
but the rest was covered by donations and sponsorships.
Whenever MONEY is involved, things get pretty serious.
But what other sport or hobby is any different?
When the Finns set the all time European records for CQWW SSB and CW back in
the late 1970's, they assembled all of their towers on the mainland then
flew them over to the island (Market Reef / OH0X) by helicopter.
When we broke both their records 10 years later, we didn't have a
helicopter, so we bought an 18-Wheeler truck to haul all of our kit to the
destination (LX7A). We sold it 2 months later. That was cheaper than
renting one for 6 weeks. BIG MONEY and an unbelievable amount of effort
goes into these events.
Yet it's still called a "hobby". ;-)
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob McGraw
- K4TAX
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 1:58 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future
I'm really glad I DO NOT participate in contests. It seems like a very
stressful way to have fun and enjoy the hobby. It seems no different than
the outcome of the recent NASCSR event this weekend. That ended up in
fistfight among drivers and crew members. I agree, the typical discipline
of the operators, and this was observed this past weekend, is less than
anything commendable.
73
Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future
> Don, I can assure you I had more fun operating that OLD stuff than I do
> operating in today's computerized mode.
> But I can't even come close to the score I make today, using the old
> equipment and techniques.
>
> Part of the problem is the poor discipline of the operators of many of the
> DX stations.
> They changed the rules to where every station has to give his call sign at
> least once per minute.
> But they don't. In fact I saw several going for 5 or 10 minutes in the
> recent CQWW SSB, and when they finally gave their call (just once), it was
> buried in a landslide of stations calling them.
>
> Without a band scope or packet spot, I wouldn't even know who's on
> frequency.
>
> There is nothing more frustrating than sitting on frequency of a huge
> pileup
> for 10 minutes, only to find out you've already worked the guy yesterday.
> Using the lovely old station pictured on my web, that's what I would be
> doing today.
>
> BTW, here is a picture of my 1980s contest station:
> http://www.dj0ip.de/my-station/bremen-1981/
>
> The Drake Line was my run station, and I used the Omni and home-brew
> amplifier to its left to chase multipliers on other bands. I had a quad
> on
> a pole in the back yard, and a beam on top of the house.
>
> THOSE WERE THE DAYS! ;-)
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don
> Rasmussen via TenTec
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 5:42 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future
>
> I am sure that the computer could completely take over the station, and
> run
> it to much higher scores.
>
> =======================================================
>
>
> All of this has already been done, and not that recently.
>
> No fun in that. In my mind the photo on DJ0IP Rick's page showing Drakes,
> Dentron, TT, and a classic room with open tables just rules. How can it
> ever
> get any better than that?
>
> I was watching an ARRL Flex review on utube last night after all this talk
> on the list. Reviewer says in summary "anything you could possibly think
> of
> is here, please just don't forget to operate" He was serious.
>
> =============================================
>
>
>
>
> Climbing into my flame proof suit... 73, Steve WA9JML
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