[CQ-Contest] What is Multi to you?

[Ed Sawyer]

W0MU stated:  "The goal here is to attract new people."  Really - I didn't
know that we were all asked what the goal of major contests are.  Major
contests, in my opinion, are about competition at the highest levels - not
about attracting new people.  Is the Boston Marathon about getting people to
try running?  Maybe through motivation in watching it - but not by
participating.  Other contests should be potentially having this goal -
Field Day (whoops its not a contest - wink wink) or Regional QSO parties.
Not the best of the best contests.

 

W0MU stated: "Why can't contesting be both.  A place for friends and novices
to get together and have a good time and have a chance to do well and feel
like you have a chance to win."  Is there actually anything in life that
fits this goal?  Winners have earned the right - hard work, practice, luck
recognized, skill, perserverance.  Friends and Novices getting together to
have a good time should not be able to win something that takes the other
items to achieve.  If they can, the goal line is way to easy to get to.

 

73

 

Ed  N1UR