[CQ-Contest] politically correct

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

Tom,

I'm not sure where you're coming from.  When I say that I'm not "serious" in
a contest, that only means that I'm out there to hand out Q's, usually S&P,
for the benefit of other operators.  It's a recognition that my interest in
a high score in that particular contest isn't there, for whatever reason.
Maybe my equipment's not up to snuff due to my location.  But usually it's
because I have limited time to devote to that particular contest due to
time, work, family, or other neccesary tasks & obligations.

A contest I'll take "seriously" is one where I am planning a strategy in an
effort to place highly or even win.  For example, I put a "serious" effort
into ARRL DX Phone this year and did very well for myself.  Most years I put
a "serious" effort into the PA QSO Party, either for myself and/or my
club -- I've helped out a lot behind the scenes the last few years with the
club efforts and we're getting some really good contesters out of the
effort.  And so on.

So saying that I'm not "serious" is not by any means belittling nor should
it be interpreted as such.  It's just an indication of how hard I worked at
it.  I sure wish I could put a serious effort into most of the major
contests, it's just not possible right now.

73, ron wn3vaw

"Why, he's no fun, he fell right over."

-- The Firesign Theatre

----- Original Message -----
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 00:51:47 +0000
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
From: Tom Horton <k5iid at ntelos.net>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] politically correct

Gosh guys, just because I don't have multiple towers, antennas, rigs,
and/or the money to buy them doesn't mean that I am not a serious
contester. Even in the WPX. I love this "sport" and will keep doing it
till I can't do it anymore.
But the question I have always wondered is, is everybody is running,
how are you getting the Q's.
  I made possibly 15 Q's this wekend via "running", it was more like a
very slow walk, and I wound up with over 1k Q's and 1.3 million points.
So you should thank us S&P ops and not belittle them(us) by intimating
that we are not serious ops. Absolutely we are serious, and if we weren't
you would have much fewer Q's in the log.
Some people drive Porsches and some of us drive Fords or whatever.
That doesn't mean we can't get to work on time.
73, Tom K5IID