[CQ-Contest] Re: Competition is..

[Marijan Miletic, S56A]

I am born again competitor now!

73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck" <discreetly_confidential at yahoo.com>
To: "Tom Baugh" <tombaugh at discoverynet.com>; "Marijan Miletic, S56A"
<artinian at siol.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:44 PM
Subject: Competition is..


> S56A misses the mark, completely.
>
> Competitors compete against THREE things -
>
> 1) The inflexible standard of the parameters of
> the event - Time, Distance, Speed, etc. These
> don't change and they present an unchanging
> reference point against which to measure ones
> performance.
>
> 2) Themselves - in that they strive to better
> whatever level they are currently at, achieved in
> the last competition, or have set for themselves
> as a personal goal.
>
> 3) The competition  - in that they strive to not
> only master the event BUT set such a high mark
> that will resist all others attempts to best it.
>
> THAT is what competition is, plain and simple.
>
> Amateur radio operators, whether they be
> 'HARDCORE', 'just for personal enjoyment', or
> 'out to improve, personally, in one area or
> another' ALL fall into one, two or all of the
> above categories.
>
> Hopefully, S56A and those like him will
> understand this.
>
> 73
> Chuck K3FT