[CQ-Contest] Why ARRL SSB Contest is Not My Favorite

[Hank Greeb]

And we must remember ALWAYS to satisfy the egos and expectations of 
those who run superstations.

Be damned those who DARE to operate Low Power with Wire Antennae, or 
(horrors!) those who operate <5 watts.  They should always be relegated 
to the back of the bus, or to oblivion, or both.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

p.s. And one who has lot of satisfaction of squeaking through the 
cacophony of the "Loudenboomers" who run 1.5 KW+++ to giant beam 
antennnae during a pileup.

On 3/6/2013 4:19 PM, "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: "Dick Green WC1M"<wc1m73 at gmail.com>
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> Others rightly pointed out that the current format is very attractive to smaller US stations because "we're the DX".
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> These are all good arguments, but participation isn't the only measure of a good contest. Fun is important, too, and your experience has been shared by far too many contesters.
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> 73, Dick WC1M