[CQ-Contest] The sport of contesting?

[KI9A at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/01 10:30:07 PM Central Standard Time, 
midwestrf at hotmail.com writes:


> More and more I see contesting written up as a sport. If so, are contesters 
> athletes?
> 
> 


Maybe the only if you participate in the Sprint? ;-)
-de KI9A


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>From Silver Ward" <hwardsil1 at mindspring.com  Tue Nov  6 04:31:46 2001
From: Silver Ward" <hwardsil1 at mindspring.com (Silver Ward)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 04:31:46 -0000
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS observations ( kinda long)
References: <136.40f023e.29188348 at aol.com>
Message-ID: <005201c1667b$f281fbe0$6deebfa8 at ward>


> You may be right about changing contest rules. Let's keep doing things the
> same way we have since the 1930's!
>
> 73/Chuck KI9A

I have a certificate from W7AAT who won the Montana section in the
inaugaural SS in 1930 when it lasted a man-ly two full weeks.  He made 9
QSOs.  Now THAT's rate, laddies!

73, Ward N0AX


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