[CQ-Contest] Going past 10

[Zack Widup]

Reminds me of a particular limerick that appeared in the "Annual DXHPDS 
Meeting" notes that Rod Newkirk W9BRD used to put in the "How's DX" 
column in QST years ago:

Splashy-voiced Boom-Boom McSwine
When told that his gain's out of line
Is quick to reply -
"If 8 is too high
Then why is it numbered to 9?"

:-)

73, Zack W9SZ

On Wed, 21 May 2008, John Geiger wrote:

> 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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