[Mw] Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL Membership Services Committee VHF/UHF Award...

[John Geiger]

Bill,

I couldn't agree more.  I still get a thrill of seeing
my call in print, and that is after 20 years of
contesting.  Give me the choice of reading something
on paper, or on a website, I will always take the
paper.  It just seems more natural to me.  Plus, I
have used the contest scores in determining activity
on different bands.  It helps to see who is submitting
logs for what bands before throwing down cash to get
on another band.  I want to know that there will be at
least a couple contest QSOs to be had on that band.

73s John NE0P EM04to


--- Bill Lentz <aa2uk at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> I can still remember my first VHF contest back in
> 1995. I had just been
> invited into the Packrats. I remember having a 2
> meter beam on the roof of
> my single story house and listening to the likes of
> K2GAL,K2SMN,W1RJA,W1HAD
> and K2TXB  working stations 400 miles plus and not
> hearing anything other
> than noise when they turned the qso back to the
> distant stations. Shortly
> before the contest I erected my first tower a 90
> foot self supporting
> monster. I was on 5 bands and I couldn't wait for
> the results to be
> published in QST. It seemed like it took forever to
> see the results. I
> placed third in my division and my desire to see my
> call move up through the
> ranks to the top three in the US was fueled by
> wanting to see my call in
> QST. From my perspective seeing your call in print
> is far more rewarding
> than some web page, no matter how good the web page
> design and layout are.
> It is my personal opinion that there are other
> future VHF contest operators
> out there that will never experience what I felt
> seeing the listings,
> analyzing other stations scores and then watching
> myself improve and knowing
> your peers are taking notice. The web just doesn't
> have the same feel to me
> as seeing your call in print in QST. However this
> will not deter me from
> continuing to strive to improve my station and
> operating techniques. You see
> I have all ready been motivated but what about the
> other new up and coming
> VHF contest operators that are out there?
> 73 and Take Care. Bill AA2UK
> 
> 
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