[CQ-Contest] CQ Contest & Certificate

[Milt Jensen]

Ford and others,

Just got home from operating the CQ WW 160 from W7MCO's QTH and found my
certificate for winning the NM award for that same year had arrived Friday
or Saturday.  This is quite usual to have them arrive in concert with the
current contests as I have received others previously.

However, I have never found any submitted log scoring to be absent from the
published printings in CQ magazine.  Dave does a VERY good job in covering
all the aspects of the contests (CW & SSB) in the limited space that he is
allocated.

The full line scores are always to the rear of the magazine after the
headlines, top score boxes and score analysis are done with the photos in
the front part of the mag.

No faulting Dave and crew on my part in some ten years of participating in
the contests.

3830 report on the results from the new station and multi-op at W7MCO (used
N7GP callsign) to follow the next day or so.

Milt, N5IA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ford Peterson" <ford at cmgate.com>
To: "Contest reflector" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>;
<mn-wireless-assn at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:48 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ Contest & Certificate


>
> Subject: Re: [mn-wireless-assn] Certificate in the mail today...
>
>
> > Ford;
> >
> > Congratulations on the award.  Its really great to hear you in there so
often now.
> >
> > 73,
> >Al, K0AD
> >
>
> Thanks.  With such a pathetic score, my first emotion was "How the heck
did
> this happen?  Where were the rest of the guys?"  I had no idea I was Top
Dog in MN.
>
> It gives rise to a general observation, very germane to contesting
discussions lately.
>
> After working that very contest, I concluded that I would never work a CQ
> contest again.  Why?  Because the little pistols don't get their line
scores
> published.  After working that contest, I realized that I will never, no
> matter how much effort or how much money I spend, find myself in the
> winner's circle in the CQ WW 160 contest.  Not from MN.  Not playing
against
> the Georgia and New England folks.  In the CQ culture, only the top-guns
get
> neon lights.  The exhaustive listing of scores never appear in print in
the
> CQ world--not even on the web!  True, the 3830 reflector but never any
> details--and now I get a certificate I really don't believe I deserve --
TWO
> YEARS LATER.
>
> I am fairly confident in saying that other contesters have experienced
> similar emotions related to the CQ contests (i.e. I'll never work that one
> again).  The only reason I play in the ARRL contests is that there is at
> least limited regional coverage and competition.  I am not taking an
> advocate's position on publishing scores in QST--the truth is that I am
> hoping for more web coverage and bag QST line scores.  Interpret my
comments
> as an observation about seeing my call sign in neon is IMPORTANT TO ME.
If
> you want me to compete, then let me compete fairly.
>
> Publish, or perish.
>
> Ford-N0FP
> ford at cmgate.com
>
>
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