[UK-CONTEST] Enough already!

[G3SJJ]

Excellent Frank

1  - Why not enjoy it AND go to win. Too many people do the Brit thing. 
Isn't there a /P (/A?) site you could use. I recall back in the late 70s 
driving around 200 miles over 3 separate journeys to firstly set up a 
station, then to do the contest and then to dismantle. All for 4 hours 
in the RSGB 160m contest and in winter.

2 - Excellent

3 - Great if you don't mind wasting a weekend for a few QSOs. Me? I'm 
retired so I am too busy.

4 - Yep, it's all about having fun and getting the best possible result, 
moving up the ladder, being competitive,

5 - Well, if they can cheat and no one cares, why shouldn't we? Back to 
Tom's self flagellation.  Da Vinci Code all over again.

I do hope you can make the HF Convention. This banter is even better 
after a few beers or more!

JJ

Frank Hunter wrote:
> 1. I contest because I enjoy it, not to win it, because with a small 
> garden a Cobwebb and a 9m vertical wire I ain't got a snowballs chance 
> in hell!
>
> 2. I contest because it's a great time to score new DXCC entities.
>
> 3. Number 2 being the case, I love BERU because it gives little pistols 
> like me a chance to work great DX without competing against Vlad in 
> Moscow or Dieter in Berlin. BERU is not about high rates, it's about 
> guile, cunning, skill and ability - long may it continue. I can work G's 
> any day of any week but ZL's on 40m with a vertical 9m wire, no.
>
> 4. Lets not loose sight of what contesting and particularly BERU is 
> about...enjoyment.
>
> 5. Well done the GB5HQ squad! Jeezus, you lot are developing as big a 
> fixation with the German IARU team as the football pundits have about 
> the German football team!
>
> Right, I'm glad I got that off my chest, any chance these long lingering 
> threads could be allowed to die?
>
> 73, Frank GI4NKB
>