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

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

 This is the same old anti-contesting garbage that I have been hearing for the 42 years. Heck, I could sit here and make inflamatory unsubtantiated comments too.... "In the last 50 years there are 17 times as many nets on 20 meter phone as there used to be. And a lot of these net controls are using BEAMS and MODERN radios just to bolster their egos!" Ridiculous right? Where's my proof? I'd ask this guy the same thing.

Oh, and I might add that I just spent 40+ hours in the ARRL DX contest and had one...ONE...station move in on my frequency. He was directly behind my antennas and definitely in the skip zone so I'm sure he didn't know I was there right away. As soon as he figured it out, he moved. 

73 Steve K0SR

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Sacco NN4X [mailto:nn4x at embarqmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 08:02 AM
To: 'Contest Group Reflector Florida', 'cq contest'
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]_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest