[CQ-Contest] Sprint and Different names

[Zack Widup]

Me either. Like I said, if it changes a score or results and is done to gain
an unfair advantage, it becomes inportant. If it does none of those things,
who cares?

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Kelly Taylor <theroadtrip at mts.net> wrote:

> You know, I think the person who chastised the "get a life" comment may
> have
> been acting in kindness to a gentleman that has earned our respect, but...
>
> Even at 85, there is such a thing as being overly fervent about meaningless
> issues. I'm not sure, absent some mental incapacity, why anyone who is not
> a
> contester would care so deeply about something so insignificant as to use
> the term "wholesale liar's club". I'm not even sure what that means. Is
> that
> a reference to Costco? Do you get lies at a discount? What is the retail
> outlet for lies?
>
> And with all due respect to EI5DI, who's motivation is NOT that the 59(9)
> signal reports aren't true, but rather why we need them at all, I'm not
> sure
> even why contesters should care.
>
> As for the false nicknames, hey, this is a HOBBY. It's SUPPOSED to be fun.
> If it's not fun, what's the point? I love it when the nickname game is
> played. I also respect when it's done in remembrance of a recent SK.
>
> I just don't know why so many people get their knickers in a knot over
> nothing.
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>
>
> On 6/24/09 8:28 AM, "Robert L. Shohet" <kq2m at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Somewhere around 1988?,  I was coming back from a YCCC meeting in
> > Auburn, Mass with Hal, K8HVT (now W1NN).  We stopped
> > at his house and I worked K8CC from Hal's station with my name and
> > QTH (CT), then drove back to my Co-op in Eastern Long Island,  and worked
> > K8CC again with a different QTH (NY) and different name, and then made
> > another qso with K8CC on the third band with a third name.
> >
> > K8CC was a bit puzzled, but being the well-seasoned op that he is, logged
> > it, confirmed it, and moved on each time.  3 q's with Dave from two
> > different
> > states and with three different names!
> >
> > In the late '80's, when I was a Co-op dweller with a few invisible wire
> >  antennas, I also used to make up names to test the skills of the Sprint
> > ops....
> > Some of the names were Eemio (especially fun to copy at 40 wpm!),
> > Iristiian (also fun @ 40 wpm), Scandalla, Obert, etc.
> >
> >  We had a lot of fun with this.  As you might expect, the best ops took
> the
> > least amount of time to get the name correct.
> >
> > Not long after that, it became more common for individual ops to use
> > different names and for Sprint teams to occasionally use the same name.
> > Homer (in memory of K7RA) and Ed come to mind.  And then there was
> > that name used by the RCCC Rubber Circle Contest Club) team members.
> :-)
> >
> > I guess that W5 would have been mad at us.  Oh well....
> >
> > 73
> > Bob KQ2M
> >
> > kq2m at earthlink.net
> >
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