I am old.
I have been contesting for 55 years.
I love CW contesting.
I love SSB contesting.
I am equally bad, in both modes.
End of my story.
Vy 73,
Jim Neiger N6TJ
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From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd@charter.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:45 PM
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why do we like our favorite contesting mode?
> I always thought people were either Phone ops or CW ops. I.e., they
> favored
> one or the other based on their interests or skills and that was that.
> But,
> is that really true? Could there be other factors that influence our
> preferred operating mode?
>
> The WPX CW/SSB Contest participant survey conducted in Aug-Sep 2009
> provided
> over 5000 responses from contesters all over the world. The survey asked
> for
> their years of contesting experience. It also asked them to indicate
> their
> favorite contesting mode.
>
> Doug, KR2Q, did some data mining and the results are suprising! Would you
> believe your preferences might be determined by how many years of
> contesting
> experience you have?
>
> See the results at http://www.cqwpx.com/blog/?p=52
>
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
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