[SOC] CONFUSED:

[Walter - K5EST]

A sprint is what you do when diarrhea gets your attention. A contest is
when the rumbling bug lets you sit down and make lots of QSOs.

Walter Dufrain - K5EST

4 State Group website: www.4SQRP.com





On Feb 12, 2018 12:30 AM, "Frank S. Tapley" <cptflak at foxinternet.com> wrote:

> What is the difference between a "sprint' and a "contest?" -- Just got the
> NAQCC data on their upcoming sprint, looked up the rules, and my
> philidelphia lawyer is out of town. -- I guess you make contacts with other
> naqcc'ers and format the log just so-so and then send it in. The "glitch''
> is the "so-so." -- I don't think I qualify on the computer technology for
> the "so-so." Specific logging gizmatchie and conglomerate. Its really easy
> if you paste your eyeballs to a computer screen for 27  out of 24 hours of
> a
> day to learn all of it.
>
>   What ever happened to the old "howdie and a handshake" over the radio?
> Everything revolves around numbers these days me guess. And So, count me
> out, but if I ever get ahold of one of them, you bet I'm going to ask them
> if they did any fishing last year, and there goes their contest time all to
> pieces because of their time to explain the one that got away. But maybe
> they don't know what fishing is, and I'm "toast !"
>
>    Just thought would throw that out there for any ten cent lawyers to
> explain the difference. After all, its all for the good of Ham Radio, isn't
> it?
>
>   WB7NZI. soc, dang, I forgot.
>
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