On Sun, 2011-12-18 at 14:04 -0500, Eddy Swynar wrote:
> My thanks to the Boring Amateur Radio Club for its continued sponsorship of
> this fun event on Topband...
>
> While I hardly set the 160-meter world up on its ear with my meagre effort
> here, I certainly enjoyed the time that I spent on the air, & was pleased to
> hand-out FN03 to any & all comers.
>
> It was especially gratifying for me, personally, to be able to dig-out some
> of the weaker stations out of the noise that I did---I suspect that there
> were more than a few QRP contestants in this year's fray, compared to other
> years...!
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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Hi Eddy,
I am not ever going to set any contest on it's ear just from my relaxed
attitude about contests. I got into it to exercise my station and to
have some fun. Whenever I have been in a contest I just give the winners
another QSO to add to their scores <evil grin>. The hams that took the
trouble to work my weak signal got four points for getting my QRP entry
in their logs. Some of them had to work for it. There was lots of QRM
sometimes to help make it more challenging. I was surprised that some of
the weaker stations I worked completed the exchange with one
transmission while some of the stronger stations we had to try several
times.
I thought I heard your call last night but I looked at my scratch pad
where all the calls I tried to work are listed whether or not I could
complete a QSO. It's not there. Paper logs are still working for my
lightweight contest efforts. I'm not gunning for ten QSOs per minute, I
can write on the papers and sip coffee in between contacts.
Lessons learned:
On top band work 'em while the band is open - sleep later. I saw some
pretty strong stations fade out even while I was getting ready to
pounce. After I slept a while the band was not viable here.
Be ready for Murphy! I'll try to have more radios waiting as spares
<eyeballing the DX-100 on the bench awaiting overhaul>. I spent more
time repairing my transmitter than operating during the Stew.
73,
Bill KU8H
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