As a ham licensed only 6 months, I read arguements posted here with much
disappointment about high tech and contesting.
I operated the CW WW VHF contest as a Rover and totally alone erected the
Cushcraft 4218 boomer and F9FT 5 el beams on 20 feet of pipe at 2 grid
locations and the F9FT alone at the last. Used an Icom 756 ProII without using
voice recorder, 706 on 2 and straight key and am happy to report 171 contacts.
Powered by a 1400 watt generator.
Neither myself or others who keep it simple can compete with all of you who
use additional high tech devices. Therefore you should be in a category by
yourselves, or have contests for yourselves, so the rest of us can stand up and
be counted. I won many new grids and had lots of fun.
Keep the true spirit of contesting alive.
Bill
VE3CRU@rac.ca
Email: braillist@sympatico.ca
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