Hi, John,
Maybe the room saved by the elimination of all the line scores can be used just
as you describe. I cc'ed Dan Henderson, who actually does a lot of the writeup.
73,
Ed Hare, W1RFI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Geiger [mailto:johngeig@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:42 AM
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com; vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu
> Subject: Re: [WSWSS] QST contest results
>
>
> Interesting idea, although the glossy paper that QST
> is printed on might give a smoother finish.
>
> That aside, does anyone else thing that the contest
> write-ups in both QST and CQ are pretty poor? CQ just
> goes through and reiterates the top 10 boxes in text
> format. I can look at the top 10 boxes and don't need
> to read their write up.
>
> QST gets cutsey and tries to compare the contest to
> baseball, drag racing, or Santa Claus, but then do
> essentially the same thing as QST.
>
> I would like to see a contest write up discuss
> propogation for the contest, which they will mention
> when it is extremely good or poor during the contest
> phase. I would like to see them discuss equipment and
> antennas used by the winning stations. Or how about
> operating strategies (although some stations might not
> wish to reveal these). For example, some of the multi
> stations in the VHF contests will work 60 or 70 grids
> on 6 meters when there is no eskip to speak of. How
> do they do this? Use meteors and WSJT? These are the
> things I would like to see discussed.
>
> Other human interest stories would also be neat. How
> do the best rovers get it done, and what interesting
> experiences did they have during the contest. You see
> all sorts of wild things and meet interesting people
> while operating mobile or portable. My friend Don,
> NL7CO, had one farmer accuse him of irradiating his
> cattle while he was roving. That is a classic contest
> experience to report.
>
> I realize that the editors can only work with what
> they get. Maybe we all need to send more information
> to them about our contesting. The soapbox helps a
> little, but I would like to see it put into a more
> cohesive writeup.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
> --- "Dan Evans, N9RLA" <n9rla@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Best post I've seen in months:-)
> >
> > You guys keep it up, it's a long time until the next
> > contest!
> >
> > 73
> > Dan
> >
> > Dan Evans N9RLA
> > Scottsburg, IN 47170
> > {EM78}
> > IN-Ham list administrator
> > QRP-l #1269
> > 1/2 of the N9RLA /R no budget Rover Team
> > Check out the Rover Resource Page at:
> > http://www.qsl.net/n9rla
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ev Tupis (W2EV)" <w2ev@arrl.net>
> > To: "Tim Marek" <timm@cccomm.net>;
> > <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>
> > Cc: <k6fq@arrl.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WSWSS] QST contest results
> > > True, but I can print out the results the moment
> > that they are released
> > and take
> > > them to the crapper. If I learn that I didn't do
> > as well as my principal
> > > competition I have the added benefit of having the
> > personal satisfaction
> > of
> > > wiping my bum with their score.
> > >
> > > <giggle>
> > > Ev Tupis, W2EV
> > >
> > > PS... I must now go to Staples or Office Max and
> > find high-cotton laser
> > paper so
> > > I can reprint and repeat as often as my fragile
> > pride requires me to.
> >
> >
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