[CCF] [Fwd: Re: OH2KI: Contesting practises (QSP via OH0XX)]

[Hannu Säilä]

Hyvä Jorma

Kuulostaa hyvältä alulta.
Jospa tästä alkaisi uusi linja.
Hannu
OH3WW

HP1WW wrote:

>A message from Jorma, OH2KI:
>
>Olli,. please forward this to the reflector.
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>It is the learing curve by each of us in stake.
>
>I finished working CQWWSSB SOAB because 7 MHz SSB was the key for winning -
>I had won the EU records at least 5 times for ZB2X. Then I continued on CW,
>winning records.
>Now facing with too high power levels I may not jump into the battle any
>more with modest powers, as I used to output 400 W to a 3-bander.
>
>Some people (like that OH5) are in the agressive phase in their mind set. I
>learned much from the Canadian team who won WRTC, how to be polite and win.
>Also at the recent WPX SSB we at AN8A tried some selfdiscipline but even in
>that small group it was difficult to steer operators to keep gains down and
>clear signals up. It was not my task to do so either, I was just another
>operator. I personally received 3 complaints on the band, one complaint came
>from my good friend PA0LOU, he did not know who the operator was. Thanks
>Lou.
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>This CQ'ing also got a complaint in a very typical situation: utilizing
>quick swithable beams to EU and to USA, I called from time to time to EU,
>and switched from time to time to USA waiting the path to USA get better.
>When the conditions improved US started calling me, and this US guy probably
>having stayed on the frequency long, too, did not tolerate that my signal
>got stronger minute by minute.
>We had some exchange of words what the point is, but he was not taking any
>input, I made the QSY. This was the "Canadian soft way"
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>Everybody does his contest reflecting the surrounging where he has grown.
>But learning curve should correct the behaviour.
>Yesterday we heard an interesting TV news: the Finnish Army starts to
>educate the young people in service to become more tolerant. Maybe next
>contest generation is smoother also here in Finland?
>
>73 OH2KI Jorma
>
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