[VHFcontesting] CQ VHF WW Contest

[David Vondrasek]

On this subject. I have been doing  VHF for just a year and a 1/2.  I enjoy
the contest just for the fun or working them. I do not have a *big* station
with lots of power.  I have worked all week this week to get ready for the
current contest coming up. I never looked for an award just the fun of
seeing if I improved my station enough to work more grids and have a better
station. 

TO MY SUPRISE I just answered the door with the post man standing there
with a letter from  CQ Communications , Inc. Inside WAS AN AWARD !!!

1ST PLACE for Single Band 2 meters - Texas for 2003..

Don't Look to win. Just play and have fun..

Dave
N5ITO - Looking for a frame.


At 09:20 AM 7/16/2004 -0400, KI9A at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/16/04 6:44:40 AM Central Daylight Time, 
>jhayes9424 at charter.net writes:
>
>> . I guess what I'm trying to say is what kind of incentive do
>> smaller stations have in working the CQ VHF WW Contest if they can never
>> achieve any recognition for their efforts?
>> 
>
>Jim, 
>I have been doing HF contests from a pip-squeak station for over 20 years, & 
>VHF contesting for about a year.
>
>In my most humble opinion, if you are contesting just to get recognition, 
>well, that might be the wrong reason to contest.
>
>I contest for fun, not to be recognized.  Yep, it sucks to be 200 miles from 
>a population center, but, there is nothing you can about that execpt to
move, 
>right?
>Or, build a larger station.
>
>What do you propose? A class for guys who live out in the sticks with small 
>stations? I don't want to sound "mean" here, but, seriously, you are dealt
the 
>hand...I guess you have to play it.
>
>I live about 20 miles from St.Louis. I get less than TEN QSO's from locals! 
>It's not what its cracked up to be!
>
>73 & CU this weekend,
>Chuck KI9A
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