[CQ-Contest] ham spirit

[Steve Sacco NN4X]

Jim -

I managed to check myself with your earlier muse, about how everyone 
else had best step up their game so they can work your QRP signal during 
contests, but this latest op/ed posting from you has prompted me to put 
fingers to keyboard.

Regarding " the ham spirit is embodied by building a station, whether it 
be small or large, and operating it yourself in competition" - I've been 
searching the Interwebz, in vain, for where it's been decided that K9YC 
gets to define "ham spirit" for the community at large.

Would you be so kind as to provide a link, or other documentation for same?

Regards,

Steve
NN4X
EL98jh



On 2/25/2016 12:52 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
 > What are you smoking?  That's not "ham ingenuity," nor is it the ham 
spirit. It's rationalization, it's about MONEY and PRIVILEGE.
 >
 > I and many others appreciate setting up VY1JA's remote station and 
operation during contests, but the result is a great benefit to all 
contesters in the form of another rare multiplier on the air. Me, or 
someone else, operating a rent-a-station provides NOTHING to the ham 
community (unless it also happens to be rare).
 >
 > More to the point -- the ham spirit is embodied by building a 
station, whether it be small or large, and operating it yourself in 
competition. I would get NONE of that by operating a rent-a-station, 
whether by flying there or using a remote. I live an hour from W6YX and 
two hours from N6RO. I could easily drive there and operate, but I'm 
still at extreme disadvantage of scoring rules, and I get none of the 
satisfaction of generating a score from a station that I've built (with 
help from my friends, of course).  I want to be able to compete with 
other stations comparable to mine, no matter where they are located.
 >
 > 73, Jim K9YC
 >
 > On Thu,2/25/2016 7:45 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
 >> Yes, they do.  That is what ham ingenuity and friendships are all 
about.  Those little (and not so little) guys may not get the massive Eu 
runs from the east ... but they can.
 >>
 >> Yes, we have commercial companies that will rent you a station.  
However, look at all the contest stations that sit idle for many events.
 >> Or, the M/M's that can't staff up due to lack of operators. Everyone 
has something to offer (operator skill, technical expertise) to other 
contest station owners in lieu of dollars. Make friends.  Do Remote!!
 >
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-- 
Steve Sacco
NN4X
Narcoossee, FL
EL98jh