[SOC] Fw: [CQ-Contest] You can win a contest!

[Quikhooligan]

> Sounds a bit fishy to me....
> 
> Bob N7XY
> 

It sure does! I almost took the bait and entered the bidding contest, but then I thought I'd investigate this organization a bit further. I'm glad I did.  Here's a quote from the Poisson d'Avril Contest webpage at http://poissondavril.webs.com/ :

"The winning bid will be considered a contribution to WRTC2014, and may be paid via the Northern California DX Foundation, fundraising partner for WRTC2014."

They are nothing but shills for WRTG2014!  What's WRTG2014? Here's a quote from the WRTG2014 webpage at http://wrtc2014.org/ :

"The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is held every four years and consists of approximately 50 two-person teams of amateur radio operators competing in a test of operating skill.

Ah Ha!!!  The WRTC is trying to quantify operating skill by testing for it in some arbitrary, contrived manner. As if these WRTC organizers are supreme judges of what constitutes operating skill! What's next?  WRTG dictating how we should all operate on the bands according to their ill conceived ideas of propriety?

I say stop this madness right here and now! Operate according to your own sense of propriety.  You know you will do so anyway.

Hah!! Operating skill - either you have it or you don't. If you have it, you know you have it. If you don't have it, you know you don't have it. Testing for it serves no good purpose and is just a waste of time.