[CQ-Contest] cqww ssb spotting report

[Bob, N5RP]

Dave,
You're in too deep.
The hobby has turned into an obsession.
JMHO, but I look at my radio room as a fun room, and not a trophy room.
You need a beer cooler in your shack.
Pitch the plaques and trophies, and get your ops their very own steins.
Again, JMHO
Bob
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At 15:09 11/2/2004, David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> >
> > It's just a contest !
>
>say what?!?!  Saying cqww ssb is 'just a contest' is like saying that
>the Americas Cup is just a weekend sailing around the harbor!
>Personally I have spent uncountable hours over the last 6 months, and
>many well totaled dollars, getting ready for the 3 cqww weekends.  And
>don't try to say 'its just a contest' to the group of operators who
>spend the weekends here in front of the radios!   I assume since you are
>subscribed to this reflector that you have some interest in contesting.
>Have you thought recently why its called contesting??  Because it's a
>'contest' maybe??  And contests normally have rules, and having rules
>means that someone is going to try to cheat to win.  And while the truly
>altruistic among us may say that 'they are just cheating themselves', or
>'its their loss'.  There are others who feel that if there are rules
>they should be enforced... and there are also some who feel that while
>there is a group of log checkers who should be looking at this stuff,
>that takes too long and is only effective against blatant cheaters...
>lots of others never get caught.   The way I do it we can apply peer
>pressure right away while it is still fresh in our minds... and everyone
>knows that someone is watching who isn't afraid of pointing out
>questionable activities.  Hopefully someone will look at some of those
>notes and mention it to the perpetrators and next time they will think
>twice about trying to use the spotting network to improve their score.
>
>David Robbins K1TTT
>e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
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>