[VHFcontesting] Win at all Cost mentality

[Nate Duehr]

On May 27, 2009, at 7:28 PM, Christopher Burke wrote:

> http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/woverbeck/rover.htm#jan09)


Did anyone else notice, as I did, that those "evil" people in those  
photos look like they're having fun?  Goodness... now I see Frank's  
point.  They shouldn't be allowed to do THAT!  LOL!

Actually, Carrie (the "evil" winner of the Limited Rover category with  
a big score using only microwaves) looks like just the type of smart  
person we should be recruiting to the Ham Radio ranks.  Even if she  
didn't build her own station.   If she's a good OPERATOR, I'm not sure  
what Frank's problem is being beat by her other than jealousy that she  
has a friend who has enough money to outfit a team.

Aren't there a couple of "benefactors" at the big Multi-op FIXED  
stations?  Hmmm... I can think of a couple of callsigns...

Anyway... If the ARRL thinks they'll run her or that team off with a  
rules change, I bet they're wrong... but they'll still try, I  
suppose.  Nothing like cutting off your nose in spite of your face.   
Gotta keep up that anti-social image of Amateur Radio being a geeks- 
only hobby where operators who can't build rigs from two twigs and a  
stick of juicy fruit and a cat's whisker... aren't allowed to play.

Looking over their "timeline" on that web page, I see little  
difference between their "build-up" over the years to larger team  
activities (that pull in people from all walks of life) and the  
stories I've heard about the largest fixed Multi-Op stations.

But of course, they're ROVERS having fun without the NEED for FIXED  
stations.  My God!  That must be STOPPED!  Sacrilege!

* For the humor-challenged, yes, that's sarcasm folks.  A lot of it  
anyway.  Hopefully funny for those with their priorities straight.

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Nate Duehr, WY0X
nate at natetech.com