Quack's
Along with Tom, A serious contestor can work vy hard at it and still not
break 1000 PX , I could have done an all band effort but that is a bit much
as one rapidly approacches bit 70. I did manage 566 on Ten meters only and
had condx not crashed on Saturday, maybe 800 or so. I think that I'm a
serious contestor and have seldom been the big score in any of the DX
contest and Usually not even the top 10. Some could be to do with physical
location. eg: WWA , this just doesn't
make for big time scores where major mults from EU are not easy to get thru
the Aluminum of W1 thru W5, I heard numerious W0 call area stns wrking EU
that were just a trace here. I would recommend that there are many ways to
be serious, Always try to better previous scores , however rember that
conditions play a very big part. The main thing is to have that first 4
hrs of 130 plus average. or manage to dig 100 plus countries from a band .
W4ZV always puts 20 to 40 more 10 M countries in his log than I can manage.
No big deal he has a 40 DB advantage with Location and Antennas. I still
have fun.
CU all In the Next One
Quack aka;Rex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Horton" <k5iid@ntelos.net>
To: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 21:07
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] politically correct
> Ron,
> I agree with you.
> What I was getting at is that apparently some folks think that
> if you are not a big gun and don't get over 1000 prefixes in
> the WPX contest, then you are not a serious contester.
> I've been contesting probably as long as most anyone on this
> reflector and a heck of a lot more than most that are here.
> No, I have never won a big contest nationally , but I do and have
> won my section several times over the years. I've placed in the
> Top Ten in a few. So to intimate that, since I only got 523 prefixes
> last weekend, I am not a serious contester I really don't
> think is accurate.
> That's all I was saying.
> 73, Tom K5IID
>
>
>
>
> At 12:54 04/03/02 -0500, Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote:
> >Tom,
> >
> >I'm not sure where you're coming from. When I say that I'm not "serious"
in
> >a contest, that only means that I'm out there to hand out Q's, usually
S&P,
> >for the benefit of other operators. It's a recognition that my interest
in
> >a high score in that particular contest isn't there, for whatever reason.
> >Maybe my equipment's not up to snuff due to my location. But usually
it's
> >because I have limited time to devote to that particular contest due to
> >time, work, family, or other neccesary tasks & obligations.
> >
> >A contest I'll take "seriously" is one where I am planning a strategy in
an
> >effort to place highly or even win. For example, I put a "serious"
effort
> >into ARRL DX Phone this year and did very well for myself. Most years I
put
> >a "serious" effort into the PA QSO Party, either for myself and/or my
> >club -- I've helped out a lot behind the scenes the last few years with
the
> >club efforts and we're getting some really good contesters out of the
> >effort. And so on.
> >
> >So saying that I'm not "serious" is not by any means belittling nor
should
> >it be interpreted as such. It's just an indication of how hard I worked
at
> >it. I sure wish I could put a serious effort into most of the major
> >contests, it's just not possible right now.
> >
> >73, ron wn3vaw
> >
> >"Why, he's no fun, he fell right over."
> >
> >-- The Firesign Theatre
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> >From: Tom Horton <k5iid@ntelos.net>
> >Subject: [CQ-Contest] politically correct
> >
> >Gosh guys, just because I don't have multiple towers, antennas, rigs,
> >and/or the money to buy them doesn't mean that I am not a serious
> >contester. Even in the WPX. I love this "sport" and will keep doing it
> >till I can't do it anymore.
> >But the question I have always wondered is, is everybody is running,
> >how are you getting the Q's.
> > I made possibly 15 Q's this wekend via "running", it was more like a
> >very slow walk, and I wound up with over 1k Q's and 1.3 million points.
> >So you should thank us S&P ops and not belittle them(us) by intimating
> >that we are not serious ops. Absolutely we are serious, and if we weren't
> >you would have much fewer Q's in the log.
> >Some people drive Porsches and some of us drive Fords or whatever.
> >That doesn't mean we can't get to work on time.
> >73, Tom K5IID
> >
> >
> >
> >
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