May not be elegant prose, Burt, but it captures the sentiments of many of us. While Peter's comments certainly touch on many of the joys of radio, I'm not entirely sure how the pleasure of selecting headsets, keys, mics, and raising beams is in any way uniquely tied to contesting. I think we all share those excitements and those pleasures whether we contest, DX, chat about diverticulitis, chase sats, or whatever blows our individual and collective skirts up.
Bill On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Burt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I must compliment you on your prose. You make contesting sound like a > beautiful experience, like a couple in love walking on the beach > I see it differently, if I may. I see that couple on the beach suddenly > being overrun by hoards, the couple is told there are several tiny less > attractive beaches they can go to, one 60 meters away, another 12 meters > away, another 17 meters away, the couple begs for a section of this popular > 20 meter beach but the hoards want all the popular beaches. > How is my prose? > > --- On Tue, 11/22/11, Peter - VE3HG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Contesting (with the Flex1500) isn't > > about the weekend. It's about the weeks (or years) of work > > setting up the antenna systems, the ergonomics of the > > station, the finding the right headphones, paddles and mic. > > It's about having friends come over to help lift the beam > > into place. It's about experiencing how certain bands change > > as the earth rotates and the terminator makes impossible > > contacts possible. It's about working operators who have > > honed their listening skills to the point that they can > > actually hear my five watt signal that's buried under the > > 800-watt heavyweights. It's about accomplishing DXCC inside > > of 48 hours. > > > > It's about having fun. Never been on 60 meters but it's > > nice there's a place for some people to go. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Peter - VE3HG > > VE3HG Blog > > Follow VE3HG On Twitter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > > [email protected] > > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > > http://www.flexradio.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
