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Re: [CQ-Contest] “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE AIR!”

To: "Steve Sacco NN4X" <nn4x@embarqmail.com>, "Contest Group Reflector Florida" <FCG@KKN.net>, "cq contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE AIR!”
From: steve.root@culligan4water.com
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:50:45 +0000
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 This is the same old anti-contesting garbage that I have been hearing for the 
42 years. Heck, I could sit here and make inflamatory unsubtantiated comments 
too.... "In the last 50 years there are 17 times as many nets on 20 meter phone 
as there used to be. And a lot of these net controls are using BEAMS and MODERN 
radios just to bolster their egos!" Ridiculous right? Where's my proof? I'd ask 
this guy the same thing.

Oh, and I might add that I just spent 40+ hours in the ARRL DX contest and had 
one...ONE...station move in on my frequency. He was directly behind my antennas 
and definitely in the skip zone so I'm sure he didn't know I was there right 
away. As soon as he figured it out, he moved. 

73 Steve K0SR

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Sacco NN4X [mailto:nn4x@embarqmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 08:02 AM
To: 'Contest Group Reflector Florida', 'cq contest'
Subject: [CQ-Contest] “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE AIR!”

This guy has a generally pretty interesting blog, but he's way out of line on 
this column, titled: “THE BIGGEST DAMN STUD ON THE 
AIR!”"http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/the-biggest-damn-stud-on-the-air/[SNIP]Long 
hours of intense on-air competition are rewarded solely with ego-stroking and 
paper certificates; this is almost entirely “competition for competition’s 
sake.” To satisfy increasing operator ego, contests beget both more contests 
and more “wallpaper” certificates, and truly cooperative work among ARS 
operators continues to decrease. Historically the ARS has always sponsored a 
basic roster of contests, but it is the relative increase in their numbers and 
the consequent increased attention and resources focused upon them which have 
shifted greatly during the past half century.[SNIP]What do you think?[SNIP 
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