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June 13th 05, 12:11 AM

wrote:
K=D8HB wrote:
"Bill Turner" wrote

Contesting hardware has evolved to the point that one must
spend a small fortune to be competitive..........

I don't think money is what makes you competitive.

Depends on what's competitive, the op, the station or both. A
competitive op doesn't have spend a dime on a station. Which is where
some of the hotshot multi-op guys come from. One of ours lives in
Manhatten for instance, zero chance for having a home station no matter
how much money he might be willing to spend.

It's an important factor, though. Always has been. Part of the
game in most contests.

I agree with that. One can take a $200 station or even a $1,000 station
into the contests and have some fun with it but it won't be a
competitive station by a long shot *if* the frame of reference is a
decent score in the DX contests. A decent score in SS at the section
level with a budget station is another story altogether.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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