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[CQ-Contest] 2001 Winter CW Sprint - Rumors #2-11

Subject: [CQ-Contest] 2001 Winter CW Sprint - Rumors #2-11
From: mwdink@eskimo.com (Michael Dinkelman)
Date: Sun Feb 11 21:26:45 2001
2001 Winter CW Sprint  -  Rumors #2-11

Submit logs by: March 13, 2001
E-mail logs to: cwsprint@ncjweb.com
Mail logs to: Boring Amateur Radio Club
               15125 Bartell Road
               Boring, OR  97009
               USA

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Call           Pwr  Q's   NA   80: 40: 20: 2R  Score Club

N6TR           HP   397   49   105 125 167 Y  19,453 AUSTIN POWERS
N2NT           HP   365   49    89 148 128 Y  17,885 FRC
N6TV           HP   365   47    90 134 141 Y  17,155 NCCC #1
K6LL           HP   341   49    54 123 164 Y  16,709 SCCC #1
W4PA @K4JNY    HP   345   48    85 143 117 Y  16,560 TCG + SECC
K9XD (K9PG)    HP   331   50    79 145 107 Y  16,500 SMC #1
N2RM (N2NC)    HP   348   47    91 111 146    16,356 FRC DOMESTIC
NT1N           HP   319   51    62 120 137    16,269 YCCC
K3LR @W5TM     HP   345   47   104 123 118    16,215 NORTH COAST CONTESTERS
N6ZZ           HP   337   47    76 128 133 Y  16,176 SCCC #1

N4AF           HP   350   46    98 124 128    16,100 PVRC
W2UP           HP   321   50    86 115 120    16,050
K6LA           HP   324   49    56 120 148 Y  15,876 SCCC#1
AA3B           HP   324   49    85 130 109 Y  15,876 FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB
DOMESTIC
K9NW @K9UWA    HP   323   48    90 137  96    15,504 SMC #1
KA9FOX         HP   333   46   106 123 104    15,318 SOCIETY OF MIDWEST
CONTESTERS #1
W2GD @K2TW     HP   321   47    87 131 103    15,087 FRC
WB0O           HP   314   47    83 100 131    14,758 SMC #1
N6RO           HP   321   45    82 100 139 Y  14,445 NCCC #1
KU8E           HP   310   46    91 124  95    14,260 MAD RIVER RC

AE6Y           HP   297   48    48 114 135    14,256 NCCC #1
N6MJ           LP   316   45    46 136 134 Y  14,220 SCCC#2
N0AX           LP   296   48    39 109 148 Y  14,208 AUSTIN POWERS
WE9V (KB3AFT)  HP   296   48               Y  14,208 SMC #1
K2UA           HP   308   46   100 116  92    14,168 YCCC
K7SV           LP   295   48    84 108 109    14,160 POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB
K5NZ           HP   314   45    81 109 124    14,130 AUSTIN POWERS
K7NV           HP   285   49    51 118 116    13,965 NCCC#1
K6RO (KR6X)    HP   286   48    70  80 136    13,728 SCCC
W6EU           HP   289   47    55 114 120    13,583 NCCC #1

K5KA           HP   289   47    91  99  99    13,583
KA9FOX @W9RPM  HP   300   45    94 120  86    13,500 SOCIETY OF MIDWEST
CONTESTERS #1
W7UQ (KL9A)    LP   276   48    44  88 144    13,248 SMC #3
K8DX           HP   279   46    87  89 103 Y  12,834 NORTH COAST CONTESTERS
K0OU           HP   271   46    63 129  79 Y  12,466 SOCIETY MIDWEST
CONTESTERS #1
N5TJ           LP   259   48    23 113 123    12,432
NA0N           LP   288   43    88 104  96    12,384 MINNESOTA WIRELESS
ASSOCIATION
W1VE           HP   257   45    85  79  93    11,565 YCCC
KI7Y           LP   246   46    36  82 128    11,316
N7LOX          LP   257   44    37  92 128    11,308

W7ZRC          LP   259   43    46 119  94 Y  11,137 SW ID CC
N5DO           HP   252   43    49  95 108    11,088
W4NZ           HP   248   44    75  98  75    10,912 TENNESSEE CONTEST GROUP
K8ND           HP   247   44    72 108  67    10,868 MAD RIVER RADIO CLUB
VE5SF          LP   237   44    43 101  93    10,428
N7WA           LP   226   43    45  87  94    10,170
K4FXN          LP   239   41    66 108  65     9,799
W6MVW          HP   221   43     0 106 115     9,503 SCCC #2
N0XB           HP   211   44    46  95  70     9,284 MN WIRELESS ASSN
W0ETT          LP   211   43    14 102  95     9,073 GRAND MESA CONTESTERS

W5ASP          HP   221   41    55  66 100     9,061 TEXAS DX SOCIETY
KG5U           QRP  212   42    30  74 108     8,904 TDXS
K4MA           HP   191   44    42  85  64     8,404 PVRC
K4QPL          LP   197   41    42  80  75     8,274 PVRC (POTOMAC VALLEY
RADIO CLUB)
K9GY           LP   187   43       121  66     8,041 SMC #2
K1PQS          HP   180   39    64  46  70     7,020
N6ED           HP   159   41    24  64  71     6,519 SCCC #2
N4YDU          HP   155   40    40  52  63     6,200 PVRC
K3WW           HP   106   37    54  46   6 Y   3,990 FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB
AE9B           LP   111   35    21  48  42     3,885 SOCIETY OF MIDWEST
CONTESTERS #2

K6CTA          HP    88   38            88     3,344 NCCC #2
NO5W           LP    81   34         1  80     2,754
AC0W           LP    82   31     0  54  29     2,573 MINNESOTA WIRELESS
ASSOC (MWA)
K4RO           HP    37   22    37               814 TCG
WA7BNM         LP    37   22        37           814


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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com  Sun Feb 11 21:39:39 2001
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x@kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] call sign in contests
References: <F168v60gxapzhad2VqK00000ea5@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <012d01c09473$236bc870$ede3c23f@kr6x.org>


Don't consider upgrading to extra class.  Just do it.

 >... I am a phone op not a cw op.

I'm sorry.  To some, the code seems an antiquated, slow, almost utterly
useless exercise in futility.  To others, it's beautiful music.  To me, both
modes are beautiful music.  However, one can make beautiful music with one's
voice alone, but a great deal of the finest music would be very empty indeed
if it were reduced to the human voice unsupported by musical instruments.
Try to imagine all of your favorite music -- from rock and roll to
classical -- being performed vocally without the support of musical
instruments.

My own life would seem as empty without the code.  Certainly the code
requires time and effort to learn, and just as certainly the code does not
become fine music if the required time and effort has not been invested.  It
is the same as learning to play a musical instrument to add to the music of
one's voice.  At first, the time and effort may seem unrewarding and the
results may be disappointing.  But, with sufficient investment of time and
effort learning, the music becomes its own reward and the task of learning
gives way to the effortless pleasure of the performance.

I enjoy the virtuoso vocal performance, with or without instrumental
back-up.  But after 48 hours in a chair wearing headsets a CW contest still
sounds like a symphony to me, while some phone contests will seem to
degenerate into angry riots before the end due to my personal level of
operator fatigue.  It's a much more strenuous physical effort to yell into a
microphone very fast than it is to diddle a paddle.  And copying CW through
interference is relatively easy and less anger inducing by comparison to
phone.

 > Mine is a 2X3 call.

I'm sorry.  A Technician class or higher is customarily privileged to a 1X3
license or similar.  Your callsign is not merely long, it is unattractive
and forgettable.  It's an abominable callsign to send in code, and the
phonetics are nearly as bad.  If you'd like to do contesting, you owe it to
yourself to everything possible to change it.  Otherwise, your scores will
be forever disappointing.  Don't count on getting a 1X2 right away -- they
will probably be all gone.  For phone contests, you deserve to treat
yourself to a memorable callsign with poetry in phonetics.  Choose a good
one.

 > Is it possible to have a second shorter call (1x2) and still keep my 2x3
 > call also?

Why?  Is it possible to be first beautiful and then ugly in rapid
succession?  Of course!  Many women have made a career of this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Bullon" <kc5ajx@hotmail.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 11:07 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] call sign in contests


 >
 > Hello all
 > I am considering upgrading to extra class just for the extra frequency
 > privileges. I have been told that upgrading would give me a shorter call
an
 > thus it would be easier in contests.
 > I have found that the extra calls that are being issued now are 2X2 calls.
 > Mine is a 2X3 call. I can't see how a call being 1 letter shorter would be
 > an advantage in a contest. Am I wrong in this thinking? BTW I am a phone
op
 > not a cw op.
 > I remember being told a while back that it was possible to get another
call
 > just for contests but I was never told how to do this is this possible and
 > if so how.
 > I like my present call but I have been told that it is to long for
contests
 > and that a shorter call would be better. I know that I could go the vanity
 > route but I don't like that idea.
 > So my questions are
 > Is a 2x2 call better than a 2x3 call in contests or not?
 > Is it possible to have a second shorter call (1x2) and still keep my 2x3
 > call also?
 > 73
 > Rick
 > KC5AJX
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