Steve,
I realize how frustrating it is to try to compete with stations that use
loopholes to win a competitive advantage. But, We all know what they are
doing and how they are doing it. It is impressive but it's not the contest
the rest of us are in. The rest of us recognize the situation and anyone who
bothers to look at the results will recognize your accomplishment.
I can see that on your second Rover submission (Sept 04 and Jan 05) you
improved your own score by almost 600%. Not only are you operating from the
mid west where everyone complains about the lack of activity but you did it
in January, the worst for propagation! You also doubled our score (K3LFO/R +
W3DIO)and we certainly do respect the effort and ability.
We are in this for the fun of it! The activity allows us to experience VHF
propagation from all directions and distances and to test our own equipment
and abilities. We strive for improvement so we compete with ourselves. I
don't expect a top score but am just as proud of our efforts. When you and
all the others sending in your score, I am able to evaluate and see what I
need to improve on. By you and all the others being out there I am able to
spend a weekend enjoying Ham Radio.
Keep on roveing and sending in those scores. We all appreciate the contacts
and what you've been able to do! Keep up the good work.
73,
Jim K3LFO/R
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Stephen Hicks,
N5AC
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:14 AM
To: VHFContesting@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] January VHF Contest Results
Well, I checked the January scores and found out that although I had the top
score in Texas for a Rover, three guys from California grid-circled their
way to Texas and were scored in my region with 2M+ points each, placing me
fourth... is there a reason for me to continue sending in a score to the
ARRL if I'm not into heavy-duty grid-circling since clearly that will
generate the top scores?
Steve, N5AC
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