[CQ-Contest] Remember, this is suppose to be fun

[Patrick Hoppe]

Thanks Kelly,
I agree with you.

I take contesting very seriously, but in the end it is only a hobby - one
that I enjoy and have great fun at.  I am very competitive by nature and
really enjoy contesting.  But I don't make money from it and it doesn't
support my family, hence the term "hobby".  

My point was that we had a big contest around the corner and I thought folks
would be excited about it.  I expected talk of antenna tuning and
propagation discussion.  Not all the negative stuff.

Even my suggestion of lightening up the discussion brought forth a negative
response.  My mistake, I thought this was a discussion group for contesting,
where folks talked about antennas, rigs, software, and great contesting
practices.

Pat
WW9R  



-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Taylor
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 9:37 AM
To: Patrick Hoppe; cq-contest at contesting.com; Bill Turner
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remember, this is suppose to be fun

Bill,

I don't believe this advice is to be taken to mean that you shouldn't go all
out in every way if you don't want to.

My take on it is it applies regardless which level of contesting to which
you aspire. I believe this advice should be defined as follows:

Sweat the details you can change,
Ignore the details you can't,
Have the wisdom to know the difference.

73, kelly
ve4xt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
To: "Patrick Hoppe" <phoppe at wi.rr.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Remember, this is suppose to be fun


> At 10:29 AM 7/8/2005, Patrick Hoppe wrote:
> >Relax,
> >this is suppose to be fun.
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> This advice is given a lot, but whether it applies depends on the
> individual. For many contesters, the fun comes from going all out in every
> way. To other contesters, this style of operating would be totally
abhorrent.
>
> Whenever I hear someone say "relax guys, it's only a contest" or the
> equivalent, I know immediately which group he belongs to. :-)
>
> Plenty of room for both.
>
> -- 
> Bill, W6WRT
>
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