[CQ-Contest] WPX Plaques - Who should win them?

[N7mal]

Richard you are assuming(ass/u/me) a lot of things to be true that are not 
necessarily true. You are assuming you are good enough to beat the same guy 
year after year. You are assuming the guy is not trying to improve his 
station, and his operating technique. If it were 25 years ago and you beat 
me twice you wouldn't beat me the third time. Beating me twice would have 
been all the incentive I would need to tromp you in the next year. One thing 
I've learned about contesting is serious contesters have ego's, giant ego's. 
If that second place guy was serious he will get you.
In a lot of contests a second place does get recognized with a certificate. 
I learned a long time ago a certificate is a lot more rewarding than just 
seeing your name/call in a magazine. Every certificate does automatically 
come with a certain amount of bragging rights.
Again just my -2cents worth
73


MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.n7mal.com
Everyone in the world is
entitled to be burdened
by my opinion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard L. King
To: Russell Hill ; cq-contest at contesting.com
Cc: Thompson, Randy
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:48
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX Plaques - Who should win them?


What if you were the second highest scoring station in the world
behind me and we were both in Texas?

You say then you don't want your outstanding effort to be recognized?

I would have enough wood to build a tree and you would have nothing,
nada, zippo. Even after all that great effort.

How many years would this need to happen before you decided you
didn't want to work this contest anymore?

It isn't fair for your effort to go unrewarded. And the contest will
suffer as a result.

73, Richard - K5NA



At 02:16 3/3/2009, Russell Hill wrote:
>Richard, if I were the 2nd top Texas station, I would be happy to
>receive recognition for the extraordinary effort required for that
>accomplishment.
>
>If you were the Top Texas station, then you should win the Top Texas
>trophy, be it a wooden plaque or whatever.
>
>If you were also the top W5, Zone 4, USA, and world, that would not
>make me the Top Texas station.  That would still be your accomplishment.
>
>73,
>Rusty
>