[CQ-Contest] Global Flyer - Sleep deprivation, food intake, and physical ...

[Mark Steven Williams]

Hams aren't so crazy. My other avocation is astronomy. Instead of sitting in 
front of a radio for 48 hours this weekend I'm about to haul 2 telescopes, 
boxes full of accessories, sleeping bags, batteries (for the scopes 
electronic drives) and a bag full 'o snacks 50 miles to sit outside in 20 
degree weather hoping for the skies to clear (we call breaks in the clouds 
"sucker holes") for a few minutes...it's snowing here now.

So who's the craziest? K9GX the radio guy or K9GX the star guy?

Pick your poison!

73,

Mark S. Williams
K9GX
Elizabeth, IN
k9gx at n4gn.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K3BU at aol.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Global Flyer - Sleep deprivation, food intake,and 
physical ...


> In a message dated 3/11/2005 8:24:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> steve.root at culligan4water.com writes:
>
>
>>>My wife thinks we're all crazy.  I don't think I want a professional 
>>>opinion
> that might agree with her!<<
>
>
> I started to wonder about that myself, when one time, in the M/M operation 
> I
> woke up to "CQ Contest..."  coming from all corners of the house. I 
> thought to
> myself: "Are we nuts?" Then when I sat down to run the pileup, I said:
> "Naaah, this is LIFE"
>
> We are not alone. What's the difference from those running around in 
> circles,
> swimming back and forth, NASCARing...? Only different "department"
>
> If not contesting, I would be a "dead Ham" long time ago. What else is 
> there?
> Done DXCC 3 times, designed, built radios, modified commercial junk, built
> super antennas, got eggs in the windows for wiping out TV reception, done 
> some
> VHFing, QRPeeing (enough).
>
> Each next contest is the whole new ballgame with huge propagation variable
> and our skills to build better station, bigger mother antennas and work 
> all
> those stations that others can't even hear. Each contest is the challenge 
> on its
> own, with possibility of beating that "unbeatable" record, that would stay
> there for a while.
>
> All time record tables are the ultimate goal, so do not dilute them with
> zillion categories, like half element, QRP, packet crutch assisted....
>
> Are we crazy? Naaah, just nuts about radio and its mysteries.
>
> Yuri, da radio BUm
>
> As far as staying awake, get on Dr. Atkins diet, stay away from
> carbohydrates, THEY make you sleeeeepy!!
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