On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 01:54:44PM -0500, KE5CTY Bob wrote:
> This is really discouraging:
>
It should not be discouraging.
> Not crying on anybody's shoulder, just trying to find out what I am
> missing here:
>
> I thought I did pretty well for my second contest *ever* and then I see
> scores like the one below. As you can see, I was also SO(Single
> Operator) but running LP(LowPower) and worked all bands CW(CW Only):
There are several factors, the biggest one is that as you
state this was "my second contest *ever*". I am willing to
bet that this was not UN7LZ's second contest or even his
20th.
I think you did great for your second contest. I am not
sure I did that well in my second contest but I do not
recall any of the numbers from it. I do recall what my
first contest was so I can look up those numbers.
(I made 22 contacts.)
> working just 10 or so more hours, going high power with beams and a
> tower make *that* much difference in scoring??
High power and beams and a diffrent location and have experiance
can make contest scores very diffrent.
A number of years ago on this reflector a question was asked
about contest skills and at the time WN4KKN (now N5KO) replied
with a wonderful answer.
You can read it here:
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/1996-02/msg00679.html
--
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii@kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
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