Ditto. Work the dupes and work and work all callers. Last thing we want to
do is give a casual op or newbie to contesting a sour taste. Make it fun
its a game!
73, Martin N4UU
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Gerry Hull <gerry@yccc.org> wrote:
> Agreed!
>
> I bet I worked 100 zero pointers this weekend. hmm... 100 x say, 5 seconds
> per Q = 500 seconds or 8 minutes out of 48 hours.
>
> Much Ado About Nothing.
>
> Work everything that calls you. Doing anything else is bad for your score
> and for contesting!!
>
> I'm sure everyone noticed that 20 was chock full all the way up to 350.
> On Sunday, I was chasing an IS0, and he happened to be on 13.300.
>
> Some Maritime Net guy came on and started asking for Net Control Ops???
> There were 100s of guys calling the IS0.. The guy must of heard them.
> He just exclaimed "Those %#$%#@$ contesters!!"
>
> I was outta the pile very quickly, and no net had started. No harm done.
>
> 73, Gerry W1VE @K6ND this weekend.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My answer is Never Refuse.
> > That includes dups where it is faster to work them than to explain.
> > Includes rude who tell me to QSY.
> > Includes those moving in .5 kc away.
> > Includes those who have told me on Internet how stupid I am.
> > Just includes anyone I can hear.
> > Seems simple to me, Charly
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi John
> > >
> > > I have found that if you find someone that you are familiar with, that
> > > helps if you explain it's a mult for you. Last year I worked a zone 3
> > > station for a double mult on 20 and they didn't log it and I got busted
> > for
> > > a NIL as I never worked another W station in zone 3 because I thought I
> > had
> > > it in the log..
> > >
> > > I worked W5PR this year on 10 close to the end and he couldn't believe
> > he
> > > was a double mult for me. He showed up green in my bandmap so I called
> > him
> > > and thankfully, he went ahead and worked me and gave me the exchange.
> I
> > > was a zero point for him but he really helped me. 73
> > > Tom W7WHY
> > >
> > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:03 AM, John W <xnewyorka@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > As I type this, I am sitting here fuming mad and deliberating on
> > whether
> > > > to keep plugging away in the CQWW SSB contest or just shut off the PC
> > and
> > > > radio. Blessed with three young children (two toddlers and an
> > > infant), I
> > > > have extremely little time for radio these days. So I am doing a VERY
> > > part
> > > > time effort in the contest, yet still trying to maximize my score for
> > the
> > > > few hours I can put in.
> > > > It is Sunday morning. My wife is napping with the baby, and I have
> > gotten
> > > > the kids set up in front of the TV with their favorite show and I can
> > > > finally sit down at the radio without interruption. I have made
> only a
> > > few
> > > > QSOs so far on 15m this weekend. I just looked all over the band for
> > > Zones
> > > > 3 and 4. I found K5TR calling CQ, waited until he had nobody else
> > > calling
> > > > him, and made a quick call, saying "W2ID for the mult". He quickly
> > > replied
> > > > "W2ID 59 4", I gave the report and logged the qso and mult. QSO made
> > and
> > > > logged, all in less than 3 seconds. Thank you!
> > > > Tuned around some more, and some more, and finally found N7DD for
> zone
> > 3.
> > > > Excited, I waited a few minutes until he had no callers, and then
> gave
> > a
> > > > quick call just as I did with K5TR. Instead of replying with the
> > > expected
> > > > "W2ID 59 3", he replied with "It's a little too late in the contest
> for
> > > > that. Go find a VE." I was completely speechless, and couldn't
> even
> > > > think of a reply before he called CQ again. Then I replied with
> "I'll
> > > > remember that in Sweepstakes." He snarled back with "Yeah, you do
> > that."
> > > > So not only will I remember it in Sweepstakes, so will everybody else
> > who
> > > > reads it here.
> > > > Now I have spent enough time typing this that I could have made at
> > least
> > > > 15 QSOs, which would have more than compensated for the lost
> > multiplier.
> > > > Wondering whether I should go try and find another zone 3, or just go
> > and
> > > > watch Bob the Builder with my kids instead. At least they will take a
> > few
> > > > seconds out of their favorite TV show to talk to me...
> > > > 73 & GL all (except N7DD that is),
> > > > JohnW2ID
> > > >
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