[CQ-Contest] Going past 10

[John Geiger]

But 11 makes you "1 louder".

73s John AA5JG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Thompson" <k5zd at charter.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:11 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Going past 10


> At the Contest University I gave a talk on Contesting Ethics.  During the
> section on obeying power limits, I made a reference to turning the knob
past
> 10 to 11 as a metaphor for breaking the rules.  Several people in the
> audience identified the movie this was from (Spinal Tap).
>
> K1DG found a video clip from the movie that explains it all.  Be sure to
> watch all the way to the end.
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY
>
>
> And just because the knob on your amplifier might let you go to 11 (or 12,
> or 13, or even more), please remember contesting is a game and it only
works
> if everyone trusts each other to stay within the rules!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
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