[CQ-Contest] CQWW RTTY this weekend!

[Mike VE9AA ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca]

I think Randy is more level headed and right than Jim.</pre>Here's why I 
think that.</pre>No contest is fair. I could list 100 reasons why that 
is, but we all know all the reasons.</pre>The reason for Randy's post 
(and this one by me as well) is that Jim K9YC (an obviously intelligent 
individual) offers</pre>no solution.  All he does is moan and groan 
about it not being fair contesting from California. </pre>(Hey, I'm 
sorry, you moved there from Chicago!)</pre>I don't get on here weekly or 
monthly and whine and go on about how unfair NAQP is from NB.</pre>(or 
CQP, 7-QP, HI QP, All Asian, Salmon Run or NA Sprint (20 is often dead 
at the start).</pre></pre>I either don't play in them, or if I do, I 
accept the challenge, do what I can and be happy with my efforts.  I 
compare my scores</pre>against others in the Maritimes or my previous 
scores.</pre></pre>Respectfully, </pre></pre>Mike VE9AA</pre></pre>There 
is a principle in cosmology called (surprise!) the The Cosmological
Principle:

"On the largest cosmic scales, the Universe is both homogeneous and 
isotropic.
Homogeneity means that there is no preferred location in the Universe. 
That is,
no matter where you are in the Universe, if you look at the Universe, it 
will
look the same."

Ideally, ham radio contesting would be subject to its own "cosmological
principle" where the playing field is flat and there is no preferred 
location.
It can't be, I know, because the earth is too small to present 
homogeneity, but
some contests come closer than others, the CQ WPX, for example, compared 
to the
CQ WW.

Jim, K9YC, is basically right.

73,
Ken, AB1J


-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Thompson <k5zd at outlook.com>
To: k9yc at arrl.net <k9yc at arrl.net>; cq-contest at contesting.com
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 22, 2022 10:56 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW RTTY this weekend!

I recall a commercial for Life Cereal where the two kids say, "Let's get 
Mikey
to try it.  He hates everything." For some reason that comes to mind 
when I
read one of your posts about some contest that doesn't meet your 
approval.

It is fine to not like a contest and chose not to operate.  But, the 
rest of us
are tired of your complaints without any suggestion of how your issue 
could be
remedied. Give it a rest.

Randy K5ZD

PS - All contests are not "fair".  That doesn't make them not fun.

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