[CQ-Contest] SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO. 5

[Gerry Treas, K8GT]

Tony and Jim, et all,

Sign me up!  I took my first trip outside the U.S. 
last CQWW CW to PJ2T at 57 (almost 58) and have my 
plane tickets for this fall already.  I have only been 
seriously contesting for 12 years, even if licensed 
for 43.  I have always thought and felt young and 
rowdy.  I am not ready for a rocker and pablum yet, if 
ever!

After my 2nd divorce, I have a new young girlfriend, 
she's only 50 and looks and acts young, and we are 
like teenagers.  She thinks ham radio is very cool. 

I am one happy contented contesting dude!

I used to say that I wanted to be shot by a jealous 
husband when I'm 90, but now I say that I'm looking 
forward to working  you all in the contests of the 
next 3 or 4 sunspot cycles, and see you from PJ2T on 
this year's CQWW CW. 

73,  Gerry  K8GT


--- Original Message ---
From: "Tony Rogozinski" <trogo at telegraphy.com>
To: "James Neiger" <n6tj at sbcglobal.net>
CC: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO. 5

>I certainly think the Yale study is right!  I 
attended my 40th High School
>Class
>reunion in 1990 and could not believe how pathetic 
the majority of the
>people
>looked!  Especially the ones who never left Carlsbad, 
New Mexico.  I've
>tried
>my best to destroy my body over the past 45 or so 
years with little success
>but I think it's because I "think young" and won't 
participate in getting
>old -
>why should I?  Hopefully we'll be doing a M/M from 
some exotic country or
>planet 30 years from now - if you're there I'll be 
there too!  My 60th
>birthday
>party will be held in Brazil or some South American 
country on November
>26th - just after CQWW CW PT5A - it'll be a blast.  
I've celebrated my
>birthday
>on every continent and not sure how many countries 
and they were all fun!
>
>73
>
>
>Tony N7BG
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Neiger" <n6tj at sbcglobal.net>
>To: <wrtc2002 at ne.nal.go.jp>; <CQ-
Contest at contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 1:40 PM
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO. 5
>
>
>> Dick N6AA and I are very much appreciative of all 
the real-time cheering
>we
>> received during the WRTC.  Especially, from the 
Senior Set, who I guess we
>> were somehow representing.  Sorry we didn't race to 
the finish, first, and
>> hope we didn't let anyone down, other than 
ourselves.  Age was not our
>> excuse; feeble-mindedness may have been.
>>
>> What did someone call us?  "Old and Treacherous", I 
think I heard.
>> OK, fair enough.
>>
>> In recent months, I've been thinking that this 
being my FIFTH solar
>maxima,
>> of serious contesting that is, it may very well be 
my last!  How
>depressing
>> is that?
>>
>> So, quitting not exactly being in my internal 
workings, I have decided to
>go
>> public with:
>>
>> SECRETS OF CONTESTING NO.5:
>>
>> Many in this country, at least, probably read last 
week of the Yale
>> University research findings that if you THINK 
YOUNG, you will extend your
>> life (on the average) ANOTHER SEVEN AND ONE-HALF 
YEARS.  And further, that
>> this singular "habit" is more important to your 
health than factors such
>as
>> blood pressure and cholesterol.
>>
>> Can you imagine this?
>>
>> Thusly, I hereby announce that I have extended my 
personal goal of SERIOUS
>> contest expeditions until I am Age 100.  That's 
another 37 years, or
>ANOTHER
>> 3 SOLAR MAXIMA!  Wow.  And then when I reach 100, 
I'll decide if I'll go
>> another 5 years, or not. And another 5, and so on.  
I hope you all will be
>> around to celebrate this with me.
>>
>> Some are probably saying, "How silly is this?  
Neiger has definitely and
>> finally gone over the edge"!
>>
>> My challenge to ALL of you:  please sign up to this 
plan of (1)thinking
>> young,  and (2) dumping pathetic excuses of WHY YOU 
CANNOT hit the contest
>> DXpedition trail this fall, or putting in MAJOR 
efforts from home this and
>> every year.
>>
>> What if Yale is right?  You, at least may benefit 
the most.  And the rest
>> will derive great benefit from your activity, and 
many more multipliers!
>> And having our radio friends with us for so many 
more years, we all win.
>> And what has been on many of our minds, the bad 
notions that ham radio,
>and
>> contests are dying (at least in the USA), and have 
a limited future, are,
>as
>> they say " a little pre-mature".
>>
>>  Maybe we can't attract many youngsters into the 
hobby.  But we certainly
>> have the potential to EXTEND our useful contesting 
lifetimes.
>>
>> And I may not make the Top Ten every year, but at 
least if won't be for
>want
>> of a serious effort.
>>
>> Please join me in this quest.  And thank you for 
reading this far.
>>
>> Vy 73
>>
>> Jim Neiger
>> N6TJ
>>
>>
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