[Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us

Sun Mar 5 08:35:02 EST 2006

  Move forward into the 80's and say that meaning contest are current and 
future oriented!!! C'mon just giving a report
that is the same for all stations, even if you have to ask them to repeat 5 
times as you can't copy them, interfering with existing qso's , not 
listening to the frequency before calling, splatter all over the band! That 
is forward thinking??? Anyone can win a contest all they have to do is spend 
the most money and be a lousy lid operator. CQ magazine once published that 
less
than 2% of ham operators list contesting as their first interest yet the 
bands are full of junk when these self centered individuals get on to " play 
their game". Contests use to be a  "test" and were meaningful not just 
advertisements for the magazines, those who won had their stations studied 
to find out why, this is not the case today. Contests use to take up only a 
portion of the band, the the half left for others not participating. Today 
CQ magazine says " forget the band plan" just operate and contesters ( 
better known as congesters) complain that if " we had to be in just one 
portion of the band we would interfere with each other" Da! Yeah thats what 
the insignificant 2% of you do to  the rest of us. Take contesting and do it 
with your cell phones maybe you could work all cars on a major highway in 
one day and win a great prize!!
Tim wb8uhz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George KB2Z" <Thermionic_Emission at earthlink.net>
To: "Hallicrafters List" <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us


> My Hallicrafters are used for nets and contesting.
> Contesting, nets and sour grapes were around a long time before I became a 
> ham.
> As a quasi-brotherhood we should focus on the similarities we share. 
> Bandwidth!
> If the new ARRL proposals become the law of the land, it wont much matter.
> The unattended digital racket the proposals allow, will rain on all our 
> parades.
> Move forward into the 80s, onward and upward. It is after all, for our own 
> good.
> My father in law, 50+ years a General, still obsesses that  incentive 
> licensing was the
> beginning of the end. Will my Hallicrafters become old and obsolete? I 
> think not.
> 73, George
>
> Jim Brannigan wrote:
>> Yep, we contesters use YOUR underutilized frequencies 15 weekends a year, 
>> that is 29% of the available weekends or 8% of the total operating time.
>> 10 and 15Meters were hopping during the CW and Fone contests. This is the 
>> bottom of the sunspot cycle...those bands are no good!!!!
>> Any of you "lets compare medications" guys try 30, 17 or 12 meters this 
>> weekend, or do you only have crystals for 20M?
>> Contesting is attitude....maximizing operating skills and equipment.  2KW 
>> and a tower will not beat QRP and a dipole used with the right grit.....
>> Hams push the envelope, they don't whine......try it you might like it...
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>>  Give us all a break and run your contest in a 10 kc portion of any band 
>>> and beat your brains out, 59 good buddy
>>> and please repeat your name. call and qth ... but your 59... crap!  To 
>>> win a contest you need to spend more money
>>> and be a lid operator.
>>> Tim
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brannigan" 
>>> <jbrannig at optonline.net>
>>> To: "john" <johnmb at nc.rr.com>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 6:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us
>>>
>>>
>>>> In one hour or so, worked 30 countries on 20M...had to crank up the KW 
>>>> for the JA's....
>>>> LOVE contests.....but CW is much more fun.
>>>>
>>>> I feel bad for all those 20M fone guys who did not get to discuss 
>>>> hemorrhoids and liver spots today.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> >The idiot contesters are all aglow on the bands, and there are few 
>>>>> >spots to
>>>>> >be had.
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't know what you're missing! A great opportunity to work a lot 
>>>>> of dx...with Halli's even. Of course it's more fun on CW....
>>>>>
>>>>> John K5MO (Idiot Contester)
>>>>
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