[CQ-Contest] Intangibles of the Winners

[Ramirez, Kenneth EXCH]

Hi Randy,
     I have also often pondered the same question. When I am casually 
looking around during a contest I usually wind up working guys for the 
following reasons:
1- 	They are friends that I have made throughout the years.
2- 	They are quick with the reports and don't fidget and fumble 
through each qso. The longer I have to wait to work them the higher 
the chances I will spin the dial away.
3- 	They are LOUD!
4- 	It's someone sending at a high cw speed so I call him at his speed 
or higher just to see if he really can copy at that speed.
5- 	It's one of the more well known contest calls that I have worked 
in previous years. (Vanity calls have taken care of that reason)
      This is not all intentional but depends upon the way I feel at 
the time or on how much time I can spend looking around. When I'm 
serious in a contest I give it 100 percent of the allocated time. When 
I'm not serious I average about 1 hour looking around.  I suspect that 
being loud is single most important criteria for the non contester to 
call you. The louder, the better!
73 Ken N4UK

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From:  Randy Ebers WA0I[SMTP:ebersr at rollanet.org]
Sent:  Saturday, October 11, 1997 4:33 PM
To:  cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject:  [CQ-Contest] Intangibles of the Winners

I'm going back thru old logs entering the contacts into the DX 
logging
program.  I'm realizing that in years past I would work a few 
stations
in contests even though I wasn't a contester.  Sometimes just one or
two stations.  But they are the ones that win these contests.

What is it that makes the casual operator stop and work a winning
contest station?  Besides a catchy name like Tree? -hi

73! -Randy Ebers WA0I


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