Contest Butt Hurt coming to a RX near you. CQWW SSB right around the corner.

[W3WN]

I enjoy hearing the bitching, whining, moaning, growning and gnashing of teeth over contests. I used to try to educate the contest haters, now I just try to EGG them on.

Maybe I can raise their blood pressure to the boiling point, ruin their day, cause their stomach ulcer to flare up, and generally F*** they up. They deserve the aggrivation.

If they don't like contests...do something else.

Wash the car, mow the lawn (or rake leaves in fall), walk the dog or the wife which ever is appropriate, go out to dinner or just take a long easy weekend AWAY from amateur radio.

All their whining etc has not changed the contest landscape, it has not stopped or delayed any contest to date and never will. Contests are a fact of life...either live with them, or get so upset that you stroke out...Either way it is YOUR choice.

Me...My choice is to try and maintain my SO-LP First place finish in the third call district. I got last years certificate a few months ago.

Enjoy the slugfest !

Bill,

You going to make WACOM this year?

My SS cert came the other day. I really like the redesign, though I wish they'd kept the orientation portrait instead of changing to landscape (not a fatal issue, mind you). Having the Clean Sweep endorsement on it was a nice touch, too.