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Re: [RTTY] Tips for contesting...

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] Tips for contesting...
From: Peter Laws <plaws0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:54:29 -0600
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On 1/30/06, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> The hard part is making the psychological jump from being busy all the time 
> (tuning around, calling guys, etc.) to calling CQ and *not* feeling busy all 
> of the time (lots of CQs go unanswered).  The former is an inefficient use of 
> time.  That's why one


Interesting comment.  I'm a 100W+dipole station (and a dipole at about
5 m at the east end at that!) and while I've called CQ a few times, I
always stop because, ta da!, I don't feel busy.

I'll try to make a point of CQing more in the XE contest as a personal
test ... :-)

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