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June 14th 05, 01:43 AM

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"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.

Have skills will travel.

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.

"Pick the fights you can win", as a wise man once wrote.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Which is why Sweeps is such a major contest. Lots of small stations in all
sorts of locations. It is a blast.

In the last 7 years I have 5 clean sweep cups. Both for phone and CW.
Thats the challange for me.

Dan/W4NTI