Ah yes, the early 1970s from the west coast. A million JAs to work and so
little time. I was never that good at it, but working 800 JAs the first night
on 15 meter phone was not that unusual. W7RM probably doubled that.
I don’t think there will be any W6s winning SOAB in the future unless the
Chinese suddenly decide to take up radio sport.
But we can dream…
And you can tell that was a long time ago: two of those W6s are SKs.
Ken K6MR
From: Tim Shoppa<mailto:tshoppa@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 13:35
To: cq-contest@contesting.com<mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ohio is now West Coast - rebuttal
I grew up in Iowa and always was taught that was the true midwest. When I
asked about Ohio, I was told it was the Mid-East!
K9YC asks:
> Single exceptions fail to disprove the facts! How about simple
> statistics -- in virtually any ARRL or CQ DX contest, compare averages
> of top scores from W6 with W1.
CQ WW 1972 Phone, top 4 W6 scores:
W6RR 2.3M
K6AHF 1.8M
W6MAR: 1.3M
W6DGH: 1.1M
Top 4 W1 scores:
K1CPF 0.8M
K1CSJ 0.7M
K1JHX 0.5M
WA1PID 0.4M
Tim N3QE
Single exceptions fail to disprove the facts! How about simple
> statistics -- in virtually any ARRL or CQ DX contest, compare averages
> of top scores from W6 with W1.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:47:15 +0100
> From: "DL5AXX, WRTC2018" <dl5axx@wrtc2018.de>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com, rrdxa@mailman.qth.net,
> bcc@bavarian-contest-club.de, wrtc2018@lists.wrtc2018.de
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] new scores in standings
> Message-ID: <56D30873.1060807@wrtc2018.de>
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>
> Hi folks,
>
> added IARU-HF 2015 final scores.
>
> Sorry, posted an old link :-)
>
> Current standings at
> http://wrtc2018.de/index.php/en/qualification/standings-2
>
> 73 Ulf, DL5AXX
> WRTC2018 qualifications
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:10:52 +0000
> From: Martin Durham <W1md@W1md.net>
> To: Scott Ellington <k9ma@sdellington.us>
> Cc: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Your Call?
> Message-ID: <1D34BAD1-1955-4D1F-9BD0-A1EE93ED1EE0@W1md.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Dah-dit Da-da-dah Comes to mind ;)
>
> Marty
> W1MD
>
> > On Feb 28, 2016, at 1:55 PM, Scott Ellington <k9ma@sdellington.us>
> wrote:
> >
> > So what is the proper way to politely decline to QSY? Something which
> means, "Sorry, I do not wish to QSY now, and please let's not argue about
> it." I often send "SRI", but I'm not sure it get's the message across.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Scott K9MA
> >
> >> On 2/26/2016 14:20, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> >> Steve,
> >>
> >>
> >> I can't speak for any other little pistol or squirt gun out there, but
> over the years I've learned a bit of a distaste when someone asks me to QSY
> to another band.
> >>
> >>
> >> I've had the request made on one of those rare times I have a run
> frequency going. If I've got people calling me, I'm not leaving. Worse,
> I've had people ask this, I would go and work the other band (and I don't
> always have propagation at the time), and on my return find that the
> station that asked me "as a courtesy" was now working my run frequency as
> his.
> >> When I'm doing S&P, again, I may not have propagation to that part of
> the world on the other band at that time. And I may have other reasons for
> not wanting to QSY at that time.
> >>
> >>
> >> But the biggest reason I've come to dislike the requests... when (and
> this happens primarily on voice modes) I'm asked and I decline, the other
> guy starts giving me an argument. I'm in the middle of a run, I have a
> half-dozen people calling, and someone wants me to stop cold and discuss
> why I want to stay put, or don't want to go to another band right then and
> there?
> >>
> >>
> >> Now, I don't mind if, while doing S&P, the op of a M/2 or M/M tells me
> that their other station is on, well, whatever frequency. Especially
> during the Sunday "doldrums". As long as they simply mention it. Again,
> though, when the other op demands to know why not... I mean, really. It's
> not like a W3 from PA is exactly rare, and I get that they'd like to
> maximize the number of Q's on each band.
> >>
> >>
> >> So please don't take it personally if I don't QSY to another band.
> >>
> >>
> >> 73, ron w3wn
> >>
> >> On 02/26/16, sbloom@acsalaska.net wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm not sure changing the exchange is realistic (though man that *IS* a
> >> great idea) ...but I will comment that I find it increasingly difficult
> >> to communicate *anything* other than the contest exchange with most
> >> folks. I always try to get guys late in the contest ..if/when things
> >> are slow ..to QSY to other bands ..and I'm probably down to 1 or 2 in
> >> 10 ...giving me any answer at all ..yes or no ...no matter how much I
> >> QRS. Probably not much that can be done ..as code readers become more
> >> popular ..but it does suck.
> >> 73
> >> Steve KL7SB
> >>
> >> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:09:21 -0500, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> >>
> >> A simple solution. Make the callsign part of the exchange like
> >> SS. For example if I work P40W he would send KU8E P40W 5NN 5.
> >>
> >> There were several stations this past weekend in ARRL DX that wouldn't
> >> even send their call until they weren't being called by anyone anymore.
> >> Some others would work between 5-10 stations before they sent their
> >> call.
> >>
> >> I blame alot of this problem on the dumbing down of DX contesting (and
> >> DXing in general) caused by packet spotting. Most casual DX contesters
> >> like SOA and just click on packet spots and work people. No skill
> >> needed anymore to copy a call or have any knowledge about propagation
> >> to know which band to be on to maximize your score. To me it's similar
> >> to catching fish in a barrel. Those on the other end of the pileup know
> >> this and this is why they don't ID frequently. It's very frustrating
> >> for those who still like to be unassisted.
> >>
> >> It's obvious to me that many of these people also can't copy CW other
> >> then their own call. I had a situation on 15 CW Sunday morning in ARRL
> >> CW that I had a bunch of dupes that started calling me. Someone had
> >> probably spotted my call wrong. It was amazing to me that many of those
> >> that called were well known contest calls. They still called even
> >> though I was sending my call every QSO. I checked the spots of my
> >> callsign after the contest and that's exactly what happened. It wasn't
> >> until someone spotted me with the comment "call correction" that the
> >> dupes stopped.
> >>
> >> BTW, I'm not against SOA. I guess I'm just old fashioned because it's
> >> just not challenging to me. I like to find stations and band openings
> >> on my own. That's more thrilling to me. To each his own. If you get a
> >> thrill from clicking on spots all weekend long, more power to you.
> >>
> >> Kudos to guys like K3WW and AA3B who have good stations, are great run
> >> operators and they know how to interleave spots between their runs to
> >> maximize their score.
> >>
> >> Jeff KU8E
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott Ellington K9MA
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> >
> > k9ma@sdellington.us
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:51:25 -0600
> From: Scott Ellington <k9ma@sdellington.us>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Your Call?
> Message-ID: <56D3CE4D.7050806@sdellington.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
>
> On 2/27/2016 07:33, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> > I think the solution is quite simple - it should only be acceptable to
> > ask someone else to QSY when they have answered your CQ. In fact, it
> > is bad manners, IMO, to ask anysingle op who is running to QSY.
> What about late in the contest, when the running stations is getting few
> replies, and you need the multiplier?
>
> 73,
>
> Scott K9MA
>
> --
> Scott Ellington K9MA
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>
> k9ma@sdellington.us
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 06:45:17 -0500
> From: Tony Brock-Fisher <barockteer@aol.com>
> To: reflector cq-contest <CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>, "YCCC@YCCC.ORG"
> <YCCC@YCCC.ORG>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] YCCC/WRTC2018 Matching Gift Program MAXED OUT!!
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>
> Yankee Clipper Contest Club is thrilled to announce that it's Matching
> Gift program for individual donations to WRTC2018 has been fully
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> made to WRTC2018 through WWROF up to the program maximum of $1000.
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> -Tony, K1KP
> President, YCCC
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:36:52 -0600
> From: "ve4xt@mymts.net" <ve4xt@mymts.net>
> To: Drew Vonada-Smith <drew@whisperingwoods.org>
> Cc: "cq-contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Your Call?
> Message-ID: <B4AAD5F9-F900-43F9-B377-E75FEB1E51D2@mymts.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Drew wrote:
>
> > The other fellow (sorry, forgot the call) about just having fun and not
> being vindictive. You are right and it is a good message to throw in the
> mix. This isn't an attack. That being said, we can still strive for best
> practices, and this can include up to DQ for the really bad actors.
>
> >
>
> The best answer here -- work him, ask for his call, NIL if refused --
> isn't about being vindictive, it's simply about giving him the chance to do
> the right thing. The NIL at the end is required by the rules: if you don't
> know who you worked, how can you call it a Q?
>
> Plus, no rule or even common courtesy would demand you continue listening
> until he finally does ID. Especially since if you let these guys affect
> your S&P performance, you have only yourself to blame. Lots of fish in the
> sea...
>
> Vindictive would be to work him, not ask for his call and then NIL him
> without having given him the opportunity to earn your Q.
>
> Then again, if we all simply ignored these arses, they'd have no pileups.
> It's not unreasonable to ask: If you don't know who it is, why are you even
> calling?
>
> Somehow, I don't think our pack mentality would allow it.
>
> On phone, when the guy says you're a dupe, at least you can answer "But
> you never ID, so how would I have known?"
>
> 73, kelly, ve4xt
>
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