[CQ-Contest] cqww ssb spotting report

[Bob, N5RP]

No Ken, I really don't care if someone wants to cheat in a ham radio 
contest, and I very much enjoy "those People" - (you know, those Europeans, 
those "others") with whom I have come to call real friends as a result of 
my many years of radio.

If others cheat in a radio contest, they are not competing against what I 
can do from my chair, and they earn no recognition from me, even if they do 
win a plaque, certificate, or listing in a rag.

If I know someone is cheating, I'm not a snitch, but I can shun.

I don't want a plaque. I don't want a prize certificate.......... What am I 
gonna do with 'em? - Put them on a wall instead of some good art I may have 
collected over the years?

I want to have the satisfaction of knowing my equipment has worked well for 
what I have invested in the way of time and available resources.

I want to know that anyone with whom I shared operating time at a station 
had a good time, and enjoyed the jokes that fly around.

I want to know that I was said hello to with my name being remembered, as 
opposed to being in a database.

I want to be able to take a few seconds when contacting those very few 
players on my "fun list" with a contact to have some fun, instead of just 
passing along an already pre-understood exchange.

I want to know I did as best I can do with what I have erected and assembled.

About the only thing that bugs me in the long run is no propagation on the 
bands for which I have antennas to operate.

I can get over everything else, unless maybe discovering there is no beer 
at break time.

Bob, N5RP - (Probably enjoying myself way too much!)
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At 10:38 11/2/2004, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 06:59:32AM -0600, Bob, N5RP wrote:
> > It's just a contest !
>
>So, it's OK with you that competitors (Europeans, mostly) are cheating?
>
>
> > =======================>
> >
> >
> > At 19:37 11/1/2004, David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> > >Sorry, but this is long, and parts of it are really ugly... and
> > >unfortunately one of my sources of trace data is not available so its
> > >not as good as I would like.
> >
> > <big snip>
> >
> >
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>Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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