[VHFcontesting] The Psychology of Contest Participation

Tom Carney tomc at carneysugai.com
Sun Feb 15 19:39:35 EST 2009


Shupienis, Joseph wrote:
> "People who enter competitions must realize that they may not win. It is not up to the contest sponsor to make it so a person's esteem is satisfied." - K7CW
> 
> Not my point at all. My point is more on the line of, "People rarely enter competitions they
  realize they cannot win.

All of us west of the Mississippi enter knowing we have very very little 
chance of winning.  I certainly don't expect to have a chance of 
winning.  I compete against my previous scores and others in my area.

73,

Tom K6EU aka K6EU/r



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