[CQ-Contest] SS Question

[K0HB]

> Can someone tell me why anyone would go outside the continental US/VE
year 
> after year to win SS ?  I truly don't understand it.  I can see going and
doing 
> it for the fun of being DX one time but every year?  And if it is for the 
> winning aspect, the true competition is being first from continental
US/VE ?  A 
> win from DX is nothing but a hollow victory.  Maybe I'm missing something
here?

I don't know..... maybe because it's just flat-out fun, and in a pleasant
environment to boot!   Hey, I'd much rather guest op at KV4FZ than VY1JA in
November! (Nothing against my friend J, but +80F and curvy beach ornaments
in bikinis beats -40F and snowdrift ornaments in parkas and mukluks.

And if you want "true competition", try winning SS from KG6AQI like I did 4
times (well, actually 8 times if you count both weekends.)  Had I won (I
never even broke 25K points!) it certainly wouldn't have been 'nothing but
a hollow victory'.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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