[VHFcontesting] re: W3ZZ's QST Contesting Article

[Jim Forsyth]

----- Original Message -----
From: "DAVID C. OLEAN" <k1whs at worldpath.net>
To: "Jim Forsyth" <jim at forsyth.net>
Cc: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] re: W3ZZ's QST Contesting Article


> Hi Jim,
>
> I am not so sure it is "hogwash". If you look at the history of just about
every
> contest, they had their roots in developing the bands and getting more
activity
> and better stations on those bands.

I don't know if that is true or not but even if it is that does not mean it
still applies to contesting today.

>Recent examples are the EME contests and
> the 10 GHz contests.

You have picked on a couple of atypical contests that may be exceptions,
that is why I said MOST contests.

>As time progresses, we seem to forget that and look at any
> contest as a chance to get the biggest score, or beat out your VHF
neighbor.

You just agreed with my point.

> How do you get the biggest score? You progress the state of the art in any
and
> every way you can imagine.  (Of course many of us also look at the contest
> weekends as a great way to get away from fixing leaky house plumbing and
re
> arranging the living room furniture!!)

I agree completely. Improving the station is a by product of the true
purpose which is to get the biggest score.

Jim, AF6O

> Jim Forsyth wrote:
>
> > Hogwash! That may be one purpose but competition between entrants to get
the
> > biggest score has got to be the main purpose of most contests.
> >
> > Jim, AF6O