[CQ-Contest] Training Potential Contest Ops

[ted demopoulos]

My vote is for WPX. Its a fun contest, not too hard to find a CQ frequency, 
yet plenty of people to work. A strange multiplier scheme (seriously, I 
think very few people really care about prefixes:) adds to the fun,

73
Ted KR1G


>From: Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at gte.net>
>To: CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>,   Florida Contest Group 
><fcg at qth.net>
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] Training Potential Contest Ops
>Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 05:29:28 +0000
>
>
>
>At a local radio club (non-contest) meeting this evening, I was
>approached by two people asking about contesting ... basically, wanting
>to do some kind of contest operating as training and practice - instead
>of just once a year at Field Day.
>
>While they are probably not up to participating in a serious multi-op
>operation (yet!) in one of the major contests, what are some other good
>choices to get a small group of primarily non-contesters together, and
>do a nice little low key contest training operation?  I'm thinking
>perhaps some of the bigger State QSO Parties that allow multi-op and
>maybe NAQP.  This, of course, would be a Phone operation from a probably
>less than optimum contest station (wire antenna on top of a 6 story
>building, and perhaps an amp).
>
>Any other thoughts?
>
>Ron
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