This is really discouraging:
Not crying on anybody's shoulder, just trying to find out what I am
missing here:
I thought I did pretty well for my second contest *ever* and then I see
scores like the one below. As you can see, I was also SO(Single
Operator) but running LP(LowPower) and worked all bands CW(CW Only):
Call: KE5CTY
Operator(s): KE5CTY
Station: KE5CTY
Class: SO CW LP
QTH: USA - NTX
Operating Time (hrs): 15.95
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults
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160: 0 0 0
80: 29 0 5
40: 39 0 7
20: 70 0 14
15: 39 0 10
10: 12 0 7
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Total: 189 0 43 Total Score = 24,897
How can *one* person amass over a million points. There *must* be more
to this contesting than meets the eye. What operating methods are these
guys using? Are scores dependent more on operating methods or equipment?
Call: UP4L
Operator(s): UN7LZ
Station: UN7LZ
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: KOSTANAY
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults
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160: 15 53 6
80: 167 697 30
40: 381 1688 48
20: 733 3309 61
15: 310 1422 39
10: 8 32 3
---------------------------
Total: 1614 7201 187 Total Score = 1,346,587
Granted I operated a *few* less hours, was Low Power and working on a
fan dipole 10-80 antenna up 25 feet at the apex, but even so, can
working just 10 or so more hours, going high power with beams and a
tower make *that* much difference in scoring??
7&3 fer nw,
Bob
KE5CTY (old calls WB5ZQU - WY5L)
10X# 37210
FP#-1141
http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/
Code may be taking a back seat for now, but the pioneering spirit that
put the code there in the first place is out front of it all.
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