[CQ-Contest] ANOTHER SMELLY SUBJECT

[K9YO-Cedrick Johnson]

On a more serious note...

I think that people are a bit more aware of it even TODAY, and the use of
excessive power levels is on the decline.

I like, K3BU, brought it up years ago, when I was a stupid kid (Some would
still argue.....) and got boo-hooed to hell and back. So, I gave up, and
decided I didn't give a damn anymore. I still maintain that stance today.
Whatever you do in your station is fine, to hell with it. If someone points
out the error in your ways, that person will just get bashed by the 'good
ole boy group' that they have surrounding them. I, and I'm sure others don't
have the time to sit around kicking emails back and forth.

All I can say is, eventually you will slip up. And, someone will be there to
see it. Truth will come to light. Look at Boesky in the 80's. Enron in 2002.
Martha today. Even the seeminly greatest will make ONE mistake, and it could
be over.

How lucky are you feeling that today won't be the day you slip up?

-yo

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Cedrick W. Johnson
http://tradeweb.cedrick.net

Hubris Kills
Think. Move. Be. FAST 

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of James Neiger
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 1:46 PM
To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] ANOTHER SMELLY SUBJECT

While we are focused on packet mis-use and all that blather, should we also
be interested or concerned about another smelly subject that is probably
even more rampant?  What is that, you ask?

The blatant and illegal use of super high power in contests.

Is it happening? You bet it is. Some who do are even seemingly very proud of
the fact (when I was in Slovenia for WRTC2000, one very well known European
operator came up to me and bragged that most everyone who is competitive in
his area were running Henry 8K's).

And I've personally seen tubes in amplifiers, actually multiple of such
tubes, capable of running 10 KW, and up.  In very well known, world
competitive stations.

Does anyone care?  Or do we just kind of wink, grin, approvingly shake our
heads in awe, and go have another brewskie in the 7th floor Dayton suite?

Vy 73

Jim Neiger  N6TJ

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