This is one of the few times I'm in complete agreement with Mal.
Well, OK, perhaps even N5KO needs more than a coat hanger, but there are
many ops out there who would outperform from an average station, an average
contester at a superstation.
A superstation will elevate an average op's score, no doubt, but it won't
automatically put him in the upper echelons.
73, kelly
ve4xt
----- Original Message -----
From: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>
To: "Ken Widelitz" <widelitz@gte.net>; "Craig Cook" <craig.n7or@gmail.com>
Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW "West Coast Battle Cry"
Whoa, slow down Ken. I have several good friends of mine who are considered
the 'crème de la crème of the contesting community. I have watched them
operate, worked them, and in several cases had long one-on-one conversations
with them about contesting. I can guarantee you any one of them with a
'coat-hanger' could beat any 'average' contester at any big-gun station.
There is a heck of a lot more to being a good/successful contester than just
sitting your butt in a big-gun station.
A big-gun multi-multi, good station, is just the icing on the cake, you need
the cake first. Every premier contester started out as a little pistol and
learned how to contest. They learned the contesting basics and the secrets
of successful contesting.
I am actually surprised a contester with your contesting credentials would
make such a silly statement.
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
http://geocities.com/n7mal/
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It's already tomorrow in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Widelitz
To: Craig Cook
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:49
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW "West Coast Battle Cry"
Hi Craig,
If you want to join that "group of contesters that seem to know each
other
and communicate and share stations and help each other" all you need to do
is ask if a station is available or if a superstation Multi-op needs
another
operator. They might say no. I'd best most of the time they would say yes.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. K1TTT regularly posts on this reflector
that his superstation is available. All you need to do is express your
interest.
Yes, hardware makes a difference. The best operators in the world with
literally a wire hanging out the window probably couldn't beat an average
operator at a nearby superstation. But I bet most of those ops would take
my
station and up the score I would have achieved by 20%.
73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
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