Hi - My name is Will and I'm a rate addict... As it has been pointed out by N5TJ and others, winning contests is more about minimizing the slow times than maximizing absolute rate. We concentate on a
Author: nf1j@earthlink.net (Warren C. Stankiewicz)
Date: Thu Jun 28 18:25:23 2001
What still impresses me were some of the rates some people could put up before the computer made it's ubiquitous presence in every contester's shack. I think it was around 1991 or 92 when Carl ran an
Bob Hayes, KW8N, pointed out at a recent MRRC meeting that it was actually easier to make high rates on paper than it is using the computer. On paper, you can put multiple calls or parts of calls fr
That's a good observation. I am still of the opinion that for most of us mere mortals, faster rates can be obtained logging on paper. The reason for this is that you can efficiently log partial calls
Although I'm not going back, as the balance sheet is quite clearly in favour of computer logging, nevertheless the problem of callsign retention is a major downside. Unless I get the call into the ke
I actually believe I am as Uh-oh.....this sudden turn and the current thread about glasses has me deeply worried. Is the CQ-Contest reflector at risk for becoming an online Geritol net. Egads! Zounds