I remember my first contest. It was called the Novice Roundup. It went
for TWO WEEKS. And I made 11 contacts. And didn't even get a piece of
paper for all that work... hi.
1. You get better as you keep at it.
2. Seek and follow advice from the serious contesters in the SECC.
3. You must be able to computer log. No arguement.
4. You will have RFI into and out of your puter. Its the nature of the
beast. Get a handful of
ferrit beads and get ready to re-arrange wires. Oh and BTW, it
varies with each band.
5. NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER.
Dan/W4NTI
> [Original Message]
> From: Scott Straw <scottstraw@mindspring.com>
> To: <secc@contesting.com>
> Date: 12/19/03 9:33:12 PM
> Subject: [SECC] Re: claimed scores by SECC for 2003 ARRL 10M contest
>
>
>
> Gee, it is reassuring to know that the only person who had a score lower
> than mine, was helping his wife deliver a baby!
>
> The other thing to take away from this posting is that if you can't talk
> with your fingers, you have a sever handicap in these contests...
>
> It appears that my 118/44 score is in the ballpark with the SSB half of
the
> SOLP mixed participants so there is some consolation, I'd really like to
> know what the SSB total hours were from you mixed guys, as an indication
of
> what I might have had "per hour" with a good station.
>
> I've rearranged the second floor office and made room on a desk for the
> TS-120, so after the first of the year, I'm going to look at putting a
coax
> up to the attic where I can run some wires. I have a room full of
> computers, what do you guys do to keep them from making noises in your
> radios,and how do you keep your HF RF from biting your computers?
>
> Scott
> KB4KBS
>
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