[CCF] Working a contest where 200 Qs is a max

[Erkki Heikkinen]

DXer's view:

Today with computer aided logging many DXers consider working the same
stations year after year on the same bands a "dupe". Same phenomena with
all the contests, not only SAC. I for one am totally happy with just one
contest QSO if it is a new band/mode counter or a new IOTA.

An other factor for the declining (?) interest for shooting "everything
who calls cq contest" is the fact that the contesters are in many cases
the worst QSLers.

RSGB 21/28 is an interesting one as long as I need a band/mode
counter... I am afraid there are many of us oldtimers who are not easily
lingered just to give away the Qs for the fun of that - our PC quickly
tells us "you wasted 200 QSL cards without gaining a single counter in
your statistics".

I know I am selfish and totally bad - but why do they say DX IS and not
"contest is"?

Just my 2 cents.

Emppu OH2BF


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ccf-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:ccf-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ilkka Korpela
> Sent: 30. syyskuuta 2006 12:12
> To: ccf at contesting.com
> Subject: [CCF] Working a contest where 200 Qs is a max
> 
> 
> Juha,
> 
>   Luckily 90% contest participants in for example CQ WW 
> áre happy with less than 200 Qs. This is what OH3BU has 
> stressed over the years - contests are made possible by non-serious 
> contesters.
> 
>   Also it is not always about "getting something for 
> yourself", but, maybe in case of SAC, VK/ZL, RSGB 21/28 etc. 
> "making it fun for the others but myself and the enjoyment of that" 
> 
>   I that hope we all can see the point. Contesting is mainly 
> about having fun, but the fun resides sometimes in the fun of 
> others and it is difficult to perceive. This is what OH6EI 
> was good at reminding us of.
> 
> ILKKA
> 
> Ilkka Korpela
> http://www.helsinki.fi/~korpela 
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