[CQ-Contest] Self Spotting

[K3BU at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/1/04 10:58:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Cqtestk4xs at aol.com writes:
>>I and other big stations did not just "throw money at towers and amps".  We 
busted our asses in research, scavenging materials, and homebrewed lots of 
stuff.  That, takes lots of skill.  We then invested more in researching past 
scores to know where to put our efforts in a given contest.  That takes 
skill.<<

Mainly antennas, if you got no signal from antenna, no money or amps will 
help you. As Bill says, takes a lot of skill, in addition - operating, knowing 
propagation, maximizing station, souping up lousy equipment but mainly antennas, 
antennas, antennas and knowing how to select, build and use them. True 
contester builds and operates his own station.

Then there are "drive-in operators" who drive, fly, walk, swim into someone 
else's station
and do it easy way. They should be penalized by 30% less points :-)

Yuri, K3BU.us