"qrv" wrote in message
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why do many hams cheat in contests?

Because they have very small dics and will do
anything just to get their name in print in the contest
results in either QST or CQ. It's no different than
the 52 year old almost-geezer driving around in
his Mustang GT or 3000Z because it makes up for
the absence of something inside of his trousers....

a classic is the guy who operates from him home qth,
then claims he operated on "battery power" the whole
time.

Or the clubs who operate Field Day running an extension cord into the
nearby buildings to power the SB-220 or Alpha Amplifier. (I've seen
a club which placed 2nd and 1st in their section for the past 6 years
who have done this little trick every damm year. This year the *******
who did it tried to hide the cord with grass clippings because some
had camera phones and he didn't want to have his club check-logged)

for those with substandard reading comprehension, this
does not imply *all* hams who operate from their home
on battery power are contest cheats.

No, but a damm lot of contesters break the rules every year
just so they can get that dumb certificate on their wall. If they
don't it's like they were denied their Viagra at the Pharmacy
or something similar....