---- Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote:
> First, I have no doubt Bill met all the requirements for
> WAJA. I didn't man to start a firestorm, but my point
> follows....
The weekend firestorn started because Tom came forward from anonimity to rain
on Bill's parade. I think Bill's original posting had to do with being the
first to achieve an award. Hopefully he did not say he was the first to make
the qsos that would be necessary to achieve it.
I think it would be reasonable to assume there are some DXers and contesters in
California who worked all the stations required before either Bill or Tom. If
so, there would probably be some who didn't even know the award existed and
others who, like Tom, really don't care about such an award. Regardless, who
has the first WAJA award on 160 in the USA? W4ZV
You can be in the category of someone who derives inner satisfaction from
something and keep it to yourself (like making a large anonymous donation to
charity) and/or someone who likes to achieve the awards and recognition that is
part of it. There is nothing wrong with either.
> > Many times the most difficult part of the whole process is
> > getting
> > the cards for verification. It is time consuming and
> > somewhat costly
> > as many of you know. It is though, the only valid
> > measuring stick if
> > one is to offer ones accomplishments up for comparison.
Absolutely! If you are going to offer your accomplishments up for comparison
you should have some validation that is generally accepted. You really
shouldn't go into the clubhouse the day someone is celebrating having broken
the course record (playing in a touirnament with three others) and tell
everyone (even though true) that you beat his score by two strokes playing with
your brother-in-law the week before.
>
> Well, it's unfortunately not much better than nothing at
> all. No matter what we do it all falls back on the word of
> the person.
That is exactly right. There are a few who choose to break the rules to
achieve recognition for awards and to win contests. When that is known, many
give up on the award part of it and fall back on that inner satisfaction thing.
Stan, K5GO.
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