Little fish.....

[Jerry Fray]

Hello Everyone -
	
	Just a few random thoughts on my first CQ WW SSB effort. I REALLY
enjoyed it!!!  I made a few mistakes <thank goodness - I know I'm human!
:-> ).... I beat a few of the pileups created by packet clusters, but I
couldn't get thru the ones already in operation when I found 'em. All
the DX countries I worked were first time contacts for me.
-- 	The ONLY thing that truly bothered me during the contest were
stations calling CQ Contest and when I went back to them replied (or
changed their CQ) "sorry DX only".....you KNOW who you are guys! Seems
like the purpose of the contest was to make contacts NOT just DX
contacts.....or am I missing something here???? 
	Worked all bands. Single Op unassisted, low power. Equipment -\
Icom IC-706 into MFJ-941D feeding a Carolina Windom 160.
	Total QSO's - 167
	DX Mults -     76
	Zones -	       44
Someday the "little fish" grow into BIGGER fish! I'll be back again and
again......kinda gets in yer blood doesn't it?	
	
-73-
Jerry KB9NMU
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KB9NMU
"No Code - No HF....Know Code KNOW HF!"

>From silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira)  Mon Oct 28 14:56:43 1996
From: silver at ax.apc.org (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira) (Carlos Augusto S. Pereira)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:56:43 -0200
Subject: AH7G
Message-ID: <199610281456.MAA16344 at ax.ibase.br>

Was AH7G in Hawaii or Kure Is.?

73,

Carlos - PY1CAS


>From ke5fi at wt.net (KE5FI)  Mon Oct 28 17:02:01 1996
From: ke5fi at wt.net (KE5FI) (KE5FI)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:02:01 -0800
Subject: Little fish.....
References: <3274C79B.3814 at comsys.net>
Message-ID: <3274E709.3177 at wt.net>

Jerry Fray wrote:
> --      The ONLY thing that truly bothered me during the contest were
> stations calling CQ Contest and when I went back to them replied (or
> changed their CQ) "sorry DX only".....you KNOW who you are guys! Seems
> like the purpose of the contest was to make contacts NOT just DX
> contacts.....or am I missing something here????

You missed something, Jerry!  Contacts in the same country count zero 
points.  (I was one of the ones...)

Chuck, KE5FI
(Single band 10 operating K5XI)


>From 71111.260 at CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob)  Mon Oct 28 15:37:41 1996
From: 71111.260 at CompuServe.COM (Hans Brakob) (Hans Brakob)
Date: 28 Oct 96 10:37:41 EST
Subject: AH7G
Message-ID: <961028153741_71111.260_EHM35-1 at CompuServe.COM>

AH7G was in Hawaii.

Kure would have "K" as the first letter of the suffix.  All other
AH7/NH7/KH7/WH7 are Hawaii.

AH7K, WH7KAA, KH7KB are examples of calls that might be assigned to Kure.

73, de Hans, K0HB


>From jfunk at adams.net (jim funk)  Mon Oct 28 15:58:35 1996
From: jfunk at adams.net (jim funk) (jim funk)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:58:35 -0600
Subject: Little fish.....
Message-ID: <9610281558.AA06874 at golden.adams.net>

KB9NMU:>-- <snip>	The ONLY thing that truly bothered me during the contest were
>stations calling CQ Contest and when I went back to them replied (or
>changed their CQ) "sorry DX only".....

<snip>

Hey, big fish:
        Some of us need a Zone 3, 4 or 5 for a mult on a particular band.
It takes just about as much time to say, "KB9XXX 59 5" as it does to say, 
"Hey old man, this is a *DX* contest! QRZed DX only".
        Think about it.
        73, Jim N9JF
        
you KNOW who you are guys! Seems
>like the purpose of the contest was to make contacts NOT just DX
>contacts.....or am I missing something here???? 
>	Worked all bands. Single Op unassisted, low power. Equipment -\
>Icom IC-706 into MFJ-941D feeding a Carolina Windom 160.
>	Total QSO's - 167
>	DX Mults -     76
>	Zones -	       44
>Someday the "little fish" grow into BIGGER fish! I'll be back again and
>again......kinda gets in yer blood doesn't it?	
>	
>-73-
>Jerry KB9NMU
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KB9NMU
>"No Code - No HF....Know Code KNOW HF!"
>
>
The Lane, The Pole, The 2-Yard Line, 14.002; Radio Contesting isn't for Sissies.