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Stan, K4SBZ
Makrothen RTTY Contest - 2019
Call: W4CU
Operator(s): W4CU
Station: W4CU
Class: SO/Single Xcvr HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 2.8
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 0
40: 15
20: 126
15: 7
10: 0
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Total: 148 Total Score = 541,834
Club: Florida Contest Group
> On Oct 13, 2019, at 5:47 PM, Stanley Zawrotny <K4SBZ.Stan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I agree with you.
>
> I think the problem is that too many contesters only participate in the big
> ones: ARRL, CQ and NAQP. There’s a lot of fun in the minor contests — mostly
> non-US DX contests — and they help polish our skills.
>
> I just gave a presentation at the Florida ARRL Convention at the Melbourne
> Hamfest titled “How to Develop a Contester Motivation Program from Scratch”
> that features the Florida Contest Group’s new Frequent Contester Program.
> Members are encouraged to participate in all levels of contests. In operation
> only since the first of June, it has already boosted the FCG membership
> participation by 70 percent.
>
> Stan, K4SBZ
>
> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>
>> On Oct 13, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>> Like the Stew Perry, the Makrothen is a great idea that lacks critical
>> mass, thanks to failure of its sponsor to promote it. 15 QSOs per hour from
>> a very good station doesn't cut it! I took a nap and got up at 1:30 am to
>> work JAs, and they were all working Oceania DX. I made 12 QSOs in 90 minutes.
>>
>> There was a saying among the great vaudeville comedians that when they
>> showed up to perform at a venue and the audience was thin that "the must
>> have snuck into town," meaning that the promoter who had hired them had
>> failed to advertise (promote) the event. This is a large part of the problem
>> with Makrothen. The failure extends to clubs like NCCC, of which I am a
>> member.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>>
>>
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