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Re: [CQ-Contest] 10-10

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 10-10
From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd@charter.net>
Reply-to: k5zd@charter.net
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 22:22:12 -0000
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Really. There are 40,000 people on the bands and I can't work anybody!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Joe
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 7:00 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 10-10
> 
> Man-O-Man,
> The anti contesting crowd was out in force on Facebook this time.
> 
> The best comment I saw was.
> 
> I just got done putting up my brand new 10 meter 4 element beam, And now
> I can't get on because of the stinking contest!
> 
> These people really do not have a clue do they?
> 
> We NEED the webinar about how contesting is good for the hobby and how it
> can make you a better operator.
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
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> On 10/27/2014 12:30 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
> > If "please copy" is the worst of our problems, I'd say we're in good
> > shape.
> >
> > Copy?
> >
> > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Tim Shoppa Sent: Monday, October 27,
> > 2014 2:15 PM To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest]
> > 10-10
> >> It has seemed like the QRZ Contest in recent years.  This year it
> >> seemed
> > to be
> >> the 73 Contest.  Surely 'thanks' is sufficient, given the length of
> >> the Q
> > and
> >> the fact you haven't exchanged names?
> >
> > Decent contesting form seemed to rule this past weekend. I only heard
> > "please copy" a couple of times.
> >
> > Admittedly since I wasn't working US stations, my sample may have been
> > biased. Maybe the DX stations working the US stations heard all kinds
> > of "please copy".
> >
> > I remember when I did a lot of Digital at Field Day this summer and
> > there was a whole bunch of "please copy" in the digital exchanges! So
> > maybe this is a US-ism.
> >
> > Tim N3QE
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