Of course it is after someone completes a tough 2 day contest or trying for hours on end trying to work a DX enmity in a very poor region of the world for you.....
Then it's hard to sit for a while and rag chew, but my age is telling on me and it's hard for me to complete a contest for a full 48 hrs not even close. 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser #'s 6730/5299--KX3 # 2573--K2/100--KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Reginald J Mackey SR Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 PM To: Gil G. Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is ham radio a sport ?? Contesting, competition, field day competition, could qualify as sport? Reggie k6xr Amateur radio 57 years DXCC, RCC, WAC Sent from my iPad On Mar 20, 2013, at 6:18 PM, "Gil G." <g...@keskydee.com> wrote: > Wishful thinking… > > IMHO it is absolutely not a sport. Even if you are on a SOTA activation, the > sport you are doing is hiking, not Ham radio. > Contesting is not a sport either. All you do is sit on your behind.. All that > is involved in Ham radio is moving your fingers and maybe lips a little.. I > can't even start to understand how it could be even remotely called a sport. > > Gil. > -- > PGP Key: http://keskydee.com/gil.asc > > On Mar 20, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Paul VanOveren wrote: > >> The link is to a 1958 Sports Illustrated article, about Ham Radio >> being a sport. If you have seen it before, sorry for the bandwidth, >> but I found it interesting reading, maybe some others will also... > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6191 - Release Date: 03/20/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6191 - Release Date: 03/20/13 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
