[CCF] FW: [CQ-Contest] What is a contest?

[jukka.klemola at nokia.com]

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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] What is a contest?
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> I use the analogy of Tampa Stadium filled up on Friday night 
> with 70,000 
> people from all over the world who are going to be there for 48 hours.
> 
> I explain that they will all participate in this "contest" 
> where they have to 
> get a person's name and his state or country he is from.  
> They must copy and 
> record this on a computer or a PDA.  Their final score will 
> be the amount of 
> people they get exchanges from multiplied by the amount of 
> states and countries 
> they copy down.
> 
> I then ask them to tell me what they think would be an asset 
> in this contest. 
>  Answers include tenacity, a booming, big voice, stamina, ability to 
> recognize accents from different parts of the world etc.  I 
> then tie in the 
> similarities of the "Tampa Stadium Contest" with SS or CQWW.
> 
> I think they get a pretty good idea from this explanation.  
> They still may 
> think it's kind of strange but at least they understand.
> 
> Bill K4XS
>