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Re: Topband: remotes

To: Michael Tope <W4EF@dellroy.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: remotes
From: uy0zg via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Reply-to: uy0zg <uy0zg@mksat.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:04:08 +0200
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The original idea is to compete with yourself..

In this case, there is no need to summarize the results of the contests...

I wonder, is it also possible to compete with yourself in boxing? :-(((((


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Michael Tope писал(а) 2024-02-06 16:42:
People are driven by different things. For instance, I would be lying if I claimed I wasn't competitively driven. And I can tell you that at points in my life it has caused me to "lose perspective". Have I been overly enthusiastic with the drive to my Alpha 91 amplifier on occasion? Yes. Have I driven like an idiot in the wee hours of the morning in hope of getting to my station in time to work a new one? Yes. For some folks, their narcissism seems to be so bad that there are no lines they won't cross to be able to claim top-dog status (e.g. Europeans using North American remotes to work new ones on 160, claiming to be unassisted in contests while using DX cluster assistance, etc).

I think the best advice I've ever heard in this regard is to compete with yourself instead of competing with others. For instance, I can almost guarantee that I will never make top 10 in the CW Sprint contest. I can, however, try to best my previous scores (and hopefully stave off cognitive decline). Push yourself to be a better operator and/or station builder, use the accomplishments of your betters to show you what is possible, take pride in your accomplishments, enjoy the thrill of rare openings, and first and foremost - have fun!

73, Mike W4EF...............


On 2/6/2024 5:39 AM, uy0zg via Topband wrote:
But in reality everything is much more complicated. We talked here in the reflector and went our separate ways..
For example, someone on this list honestly earned 300 countries :

http://www.arrl.org/system/dxcc/view/DXCC-160M-20240206-USLetter.pdf

He's been working on this for decades. And suddenly some completely unfamiliar and envious mug without RX antennas (and maybe without a station at all) declares 320...

Calling it simply injustice is not enough...


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Mike Smith VE9AA писал(а) 2024-02-06 14:51:
I knew it was all over many years ago when I worked a 20dB/9 Italian station
around Sunrise here in one 160m contest. (1pm in Italy)



I have never applied for DXCC.  I know what I worked and keep track of it
here locally.  I am the only person who really

cares what all the numbers are and since the ARRL DXCC program has (imo) become so watered down in the last couple decades there is little reason to
ever apply.



Be happy with who you see in the mirror every morning and celebrate those around you who are doing it the way that appeals to you.  For those that aren't.well, don't concern yourself with them.  They don't diminish what
you've done.



73 Mike VE9AA



Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada



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