I slept 4 hours right before the contest. This kept me going through the
48 hour contest and I felt better than any other contest to date.
HOWEVER... I seemed to have lost the ability to send an L, F, or C some
time Sunday morning with my paddles. Man did this piss me off. The more
I tried, the worse it got. I just can't operate without slapping those
paddles around... it's part of the fun. So this was really frustrating.
I finally gave up on paddles all together for about an hour and that
seemed to help a lot. I haven't been on the air since the contest, so I
don't know if I have suffered any permanent damage. :)
I also followed someone's advice from here last year and avoided Turkey.
I don't think it makes any difference, but why take a chance? I ate very
little for the most part. I believe keeping the blood out of your stomach
is important too.
73
Bill Fisher
--
CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/
Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
|