[UK-CONTEST] Contesters

[Dave Sergeant]

On 16 Aug 2007 at 16:29, Kerr, Dr K.M. wrote:

> Hi all,
> Bearing in mind the negative publicity that contesting and contesters
> have to suffer (admittedly  occasionally with some justification), and
> prompted by some of the recent posts in that vein, can I draw your
> attention to a piece in the August CQ magazine by Riley Hollingsworth
> K4ZDH (I'm guessing the call but something like that) entitled , and I
> paraphrase, 'You need to lighten up'.
> 
> Riley is the FCC Rules enforcer or something similar and the article
> addresses the full range of winging and carping by various sectors of
> our great hobby, about each other. There is much truth in what he says
> and he is generally VERY positive about contesters.
> 
> Useful ammunition perhaps..............
> 
> Keith GM4YXI

You can also find this speech at http://www.eham.net/articles/16744 
(together with loads of comments from our USA friends..). May not 
agree 100% with the CQ version as he apparently gave his speech at 
Dayton three times and they were all slightly different... worth 
reading.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com