[CQ-Contest] “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE AIR!”

[Dale Putnam]

He appears to have an ax to grind.  
too bad I don't know his call.. knowing it would pretty much insure,
never getting a Q from this station.

--... ...--
 Dale - WC7S in Wy


 
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:02:09 -0500
> From: nn4x at embarqmail.com
> To: FCG at KKN.net; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE AIR!”
> 
> This guy has a generally pretty interesting blog, but he's way out of 
> line on this column, titled: “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE AIR!”"
> 
> http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/the-biggest-damn-stud-on-the-air/
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> Long hours of intense on-air competition are rewarded solely with 
> ego-stroking and paper certificates; this is almost entirely 
> “competition for competition’s sake.” To satisfy increasing operator 
> ego, contests beget both more contests and more “wallpaper” 
> certificates, and truly cooperative work among ARS operators continues 
> to decrease. Historically the ARS has always sponsored a basic roster 
> of contests, but it is the relative increase in their numbers and the 
> consequent increased attention and resources focused upon them which 
> have shifted greatly during the past half century.
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> [SNIP REMAINDER OF BLOG ENTRY]
> 
> 
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