Hello Gang
If you were in the above contest last December, please check this web page
http://www.rac.ca/2002CWCLogs.htm. Last year we instituted HP, LP and QRP
into the Single Band category and this may not have filtered down. Check to
see if we got yours right! Report any changes to VE7CFD as shown on the web
page or to myself. The results will be on the RAC web in early December and
in TCA after any corrections are made. The Rules for RAC Canada Winter 2003
are also available on the RAC web.
73 Bob VE3KZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tree" <tree@kkn.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 7:03 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Secrets of contesting? Hog wash...
>
> Well, I see Neiger found some management book and put out some cool
> sounding words about contesting.
>
> And yes, N5TJ is an alien.
>
> And while the CQ WW DX SSB contest is fun if you are DX, or in one of the
13
> original colonies, it is after all, just a phone contest.
>
> The ARRL SS CW is coming up one weekend afterwards, and will be the focus
> of some posts from myself leading up to the big event. Hopefully, I can
> give you some more practical advice than "believe in yourself".
>
> My personal goal is to make the top ten in the high power box. And no,
> I will not be at W5WMU this year. Since I am going down to HC8 for the
> CQ WW CW contest, I am going to operate from home this year - in Boring,
> Oregon.
>
> So - now - onto the FIRST SECRET of SUCCESS in the ARRL SS CW.
>
> Really, you need to believe in your signal more than yourself. Pressing
> F1 really doesn't sound any different on the other end no matter what your
> curent image of yourself is. Some people might not call F1 enough if they
> don't believe someone will hear them, but that should never stop them from
> calling. If you need to call guys in order to work someone, that doesn't
> mean you should ever stop calling CQ.
>
> This might seem like bad advice - until you factor two radios into the
> equation. Even if you are weak, you can still get lots of answers to
> your CQs. I ran 5 watts last year, and still well over half of my QSOs
> were the result of a CQ.
>
> How is that possible with a weak signal? I'll give that secret away
> later on. But for now, the message is you NEED to have two radios. If
> you are weak - it is even MORE important than if you are running a KW.
>
> Get an all-band vertical and your old tube radio setup for that second
> radio. This will be enough to work most of the people you hear CQing
> and will free your main radio to call CQ all weekend.
>
> Please note that when I say call CQ all weekend, the only real limitation
> is that you can't transmit at the same time you are transmitting with
> the second radio. Other than that - yes - you should be CQing the whole
> contest. Picking the band and frequency to be doing that is a more
> complicated process, and we will address that in more detail later on.
>
> So - the FIRST SECRET of success in the ARRL SS CW is TWO RADIOS. You
> can even use your 40 meter dipole as your second radio antenna. Think
> outside the box and make it happen.
>
> In my next chapter, I will talk about picking your CQ frequency.
>
> 73 Tree N6TR
> tree@kkn.net
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