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

[Zrinko Zibert]

Reason #9:

He/she is QRV only on WARC Bands. :-)

73s, Zik DK8ZZ, VE3ZIK, YT3ZZ
Am 14.01.2014 13:05 schrieb "Charles Harpole" <hs0zcw at gmail.com>:

> 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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