What new category are you suggesting? Strictly age? Years in ham radio?
If age, what constitutes being a real senior?
Randy k5zd
> On Dec 3, 2023, at 7:41 PM, w1rm@comcast.net wrote:
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> I know we have overlay categories for all sorts of things and that's great.
> But, I'd like to suggest just one more. For those of us who have been in
> the game for a very long time, it's hard to compete. Not impossible, mind
> you. K1ZZ has been at it for 60 years and he can hold with the very best.
> But, there are others who are in their sunset years who's getup and go has
> gotten up and went and yet we still get in and do the best we can.
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> My very first contest effort was in 1957 in the Novice Roundup as KN2UTV. I
> didn't do any more contesting until 1964 when I was working at ARRL HQ and
> Ellen White offered a trophy for the top HQ score in CW SS.
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> Any thoughts about recognizing the real seniors in the game?
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> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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> W1RM@Comcast.net
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