[CQ-Contest] NAQP CW "West Coast Battle Cry"

[Craig Cook]

No point. I just read on this list often that hardware makes no difference,
that winning is 100% operator only. That is why I have never finished in the
top anything, too dumb. I would think that at least one of these guys who
can't operate at home for whatever reason would just toss a random wire out
the window and finish in the top 5 using their superior skills. I would if I
had any. Nothing whatsoever against guest-operating. I certainly would do it
if I could. It may be the only way I ever operate a contest again, if this
junk collection here keeps deteriorating. So, never. I'm 45 next month, so I
can't blame college or the military. Well, unless you count my Wife and I
both working full time for one Son to go to college, which is what it is
taking us, and then just barely. I had planned on getting on for a while
using the 2 bands that still work, but I decided not to bother. The post
that stated that all the hot-shots were ready to go at the fastest speed
imaginable and kick everybody's ass was only part of the reason for that
decision.

It also never ceases to amaze me that there is a group of contesters that
all seem to know each other and communicate and share stations and help each
other, yet I know absolutely none of them. There isn't a club or anything. I
thought for a while last year I might try to resurrect the Cascade Contest
Club, but I knew I could not do it alone. Who would care if somebody they
have never heard of was trying to start a club? Correct, nobody would. And,
I am the only person who thought it might be needed, anyway.

Good scores everybody, I once broke 1000 QSOs, but that was in a 48 hour
contest, not a 10 hour contest. I'm not angry or trying to start anything,
just confused.

Please accept my apology if I pissed anyone off. Please stop responding as
of right now. Thanks.
--
73, Craig Cook - N7OR in Sandy, OR
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On 1/15/06, Dave N2NL <n2nl at n2nl.net> wrote:
>
> >I think I'd rather be
> >"@" the couch.
> >"@" the NFL playoffs.
> >
> >Do any of these hot-shots ever operate @home @a station that they had to
> >build and pay for?
> >
> >Enjoy yourselves.
> >--
> >73, Craig Cook - N7OR in Sandy, OR
>
> Yup, I was operating from a station I designed and built myself from the
> ground up,
> paid for by myself.  Granted, it was at a club station location here on US
> Coast
> Guard property, but that's because I'm not allowed to have antennas at my
> assigned quarters.
> Every aspect of the station including equipment and antennas are my own.
>
> Let me see....
> KL2A @ K7ZSD. Jon just moved to a new QTH a couple months ago.
> KL9A @ NK7U.  Chris is in college.
> N6MJ @ W6YI.  Dan is in between working and attending college.
> N2NL @ K6BW.  See above.  I can't wait to build my own station once I
> retire from
> active duty in a few years.
> KQ7W @ N7BV  Mats just recently completed college (I think)
>
> Thanks for the nice post, Craig.  I hope you had fun watching football.  I
> had a great time making
> 1100 QSOs with my own station.
>
> I hope this isn't a start of another "guest operators deserve less credit
> than owner/operators" thread.
> There's legitimate reasons for both, and there's far more to it than just
> a bunch of guys who
> leech off those with bigger/better/more valuable stations.
>
> 73, Dave N2NL
>
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