Hi Steve -
We feel your pan but also your enjoyment here at KB1DFB. We usually start
the contest great guns and then by Sunday we are lucky if anyone is sitting
in front of a radio. For now we are only 6m - 432 but plans are and we are
gathering equipment for 903 and 1296. How guys like K1TEO, WZ1V do it I
don't know. What great scores! Others like W3SO and M/L and M/M groups run
up the scores too.
In all a polite bunch of operators. Most run clean signals. There are a few
around here that run WIDE but loud signals and we as gentlemen keep wide
berths. Lord knows we have had our share of problems and probably made a few
crap lists but we always try to fix the problems when told. Now if I just
get rid of my DX elements in the Heil headsets people will quit complaining
about our audio. Great for HF contesting not for VHF.
Anyway good to hear you and looking forward to working you on the upper
bands when we get them running.
Dick - KB1H (KB1DFB operator)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "K1IIG" <stephen.tripp@snet.net>
To: <VHFcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Jan Contest
> Finally got my email posting problem cleared up, thanks to list
adminstrator. I truly enjoyed the contest and also enjoyed the posts on this
service. Now operating on 7 bands, 6m-2304 with 4 radios and pleased with my
score but is lousy compared to other sysops. Did it the old fashion way, no
pingponging, internet or landline skedding, wifi, diskjockeying, wsjt and
not even a dvr. If others use these methods of contesting and it is legal,
go for it. Have fun, that's what it is all about.I live in a tough ham area
with a lot of high power contesters such as K1TEO, WZIV and other power
houses, a couple towns away plus a neighbor one street away. I too run high
power and wish to compliment them and all the hams in this area who did such
a great job "bobbing and weaving" to avoid each other. Not once did I hear a
complaint nor did I give one, yet we had to kill each other at times. With
50 years of ham radio under my belt, I feel lucky to be surrounded by these
polite operators a
> nd knowledgeable hams which a few gave me some great help with my contest
station. Now if I can clean up my act, hone my operating skills and some of
the big guns take up another hobby, I might have a chance..hihi
>
> 73's to all and cu in June or maybe a sprint of two..
> Steve
> K1IIG
> Band Q's,Grids shown
>
> 50 110 23, 144 121 20, 222 23 8, 432 48 11, 903 11 4, 1296 18 4, 2304 7 3
>
> SCORE= 39785
>
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