[CQ-Contest] Dollars/qso score

[kr2q at optimum.net]

But this is true in all aspects of everything where mechanical items are required.  Prayer and 
Meditation may be some of the few exceptions in the world, but even then, some ask that you
travel to a holy site (a pilgrimage is not cheap).  How many traveled to Mumbai to learn more
advanced methods of meditation (not cheap)?

You cannot win LeMons by purchasing a used Citroen or Yugo...you won't even qualify.

You cannot climb Everest in Levi's and Nikes....unless you want to soon be the subject of prayer.

Everything has an "entry fee."  

How would you calculate the cost anyway?  The world markets are in such flux.  Would you
apply annual inflation rates to "old" rigs?  And which inflation rate...based on what?

I appreciate your idea, but IMHO, it has no practical application.

de Doug KR2Q