[CQ-Contest] Why would a DX station not want to do a contest?

Charles Harpole hs0zcw at gmail.com
Mon Jan 13 21:13:56 EST 2014


Reason #8,  He does not want to, or can not, spend tons of money just to
get into contests.
73, Charly


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Peter Voelpel <dj7ww at t-online.de> wrote:

> Some spending tons of moneys just to do all that.
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Charles Harpole
> Sent: Montag, 13. Januar 2014 04:09
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why would a DX station not want to do a contest?
>
> 1.  He can get a pile up any time on air, and worse in contests.
> 2.  He got a ham license to rag chew.
> 3.  He got a ham license to contact home folks.
> 4.  He is offended by impolite behavior.
> 5.  He finds the rules are skewed to favor USA hams, or EU.
> 6.  He does not enjoy responding to QSL requests, to demands that he use
> LOTW, or otherwise mess with QSLs.  Two USD for what can cost him four USD
> also does not make much fun.
> 7.  HE chases DX which does not include the majority of contest callers.
>
> Do you get the idea?
>
> --
> Charly, HS0ZCW
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