[CQ-Contest] Who says c'mon first, chicken or egg?

[k7qq at juno.com]

Another Example of preformance.
In the early 70's  W7RM ask me who would I recomend to bring into that
multi-multi and I recomended  K7VPF  aka K7JA today.  His comment was "
WHAT HAS HE DONE"?    at that time Chip was using a 14AVQ and a low , low
dipole.  and had only done 3rd in Wa. in SS ,  Rush said we will give him
a try.    The rest is history..
Quack


On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:07:07 -0500 Richard Thorne <rthorne at tcac.net>
writes:
> 
> Jim:
> 
> I have to agree with you on this one.
> 
> When I was in Raleigh in the late 80's I operated from an apartment 
> with wires.
> Then one day I received a call from Will, AA4NC, asking if I would 
> be interested
> in doing a multi for the 1988 Nov SS ssb.  Not sure exactly why Will 
> called but
> I think (correct me if I'm wrong Will) it was due to results(and the 
> #'s were
> not too high) and operating.
> 
> Anyways I took him up on his offer to operate Sunday, if I remember 
> correctly.
> We ended up winning NC Multi and we were a division leader.  That 
> was the first
> contest certificate I ever received and really fueled the contest 
> fire for me.
> 
> Thanks Will.
> 
> Then it was off to start operating from Roger's (N4ZC) place for a 
> few years for
> CQWW ssb in the early 90's.  I liked his call so much I changed mine 
> from WB5M
> to N5ZC.
> 
> I would be remiss if I did not mention Richard, K5NA.  He was my 
> first contest
> elmer.  He had myself, NA2N and Rus, K2UA over to his house in NY 
> for the
> Armadillo run.  Richard's station was the control station for the 
> Armadillo run
> as the rover stations tried to hit all of the Texas counties.  That 
> was in the
> early 80's.
> 
> It was fun to hook up with Richard again at his new station in 
> Austin during
> last months IARU.
> 
> Jim White wrote:
> 
> > In my contesting youth, it was understood that you had to make 
> your bones
> > operating from home and show that you could among other things 
> keep your
> > buttocks in the chair for the whole contest.  After showing 
> repeated
> > improvement in your activities (and beating out some of the other 
> locals in
> > a pile up or two leaving them wondering who the heck is that guy) 
> THEN you
> > might have been approached regarding operating from a multi-op.
> >
> > This invitation was one you earned by demonstrating you were 
> indeed
> > interested in a demanding endeavor - contesting.  You were invited 
> because
> > it was felt you had the ability to add something to an 
> operation...and once
> > again you had to make your bones.
> >
> > You started out at the multis as low man on the totem pole - you 
> were the
> > guy on 10 meters at the bottom of the cycle or the one on what was 
> probably
> > a dead band...making sure that a freak opening did not happen and 
> the TEAM
> > you now were a part of didn't miss it...probably didn't happen but 
> you were
> > there to make sure it was not missed - while not running 150 an 
> hour it was
> > a contribution to the effort!  Now you could watch and learn...you 
> were like
> > a sponge absorbing everything you saw, be it software techniques 
> like
> > hitting the plus key to both log and send tnx, or when a long path 
> opening
> > on 20 might occur...you were now in "the fast lane".
> >
> > The best way to get to the point where the ability to gain 
> operating
> > expertise sufficient to earn you an invite was to join the local 
> contest
> > club, by now you knew of their existence because you were familiar 
> with the
> > calls of most of its members and had seen them as high scorers in 
> club
> > competitions...so, you took the next logical step and you joined 
> the contest
> > club where members understood why you would want to spend an 
> entire weekend
> > in front of the rig.
> >
> > Now you had the ability to pick the brains of sages at club 
> meetings, to
> > "walk up the hill" and ask those questions which had troubled you 
> - be they
> > "how long should I call CQ before giving up on a band?"..."should 
> I be
> > running or S&Ping?"..."how fast should I call CQ at?"...
> >
> > New guys are welcome in the contesting fraternity, contesters are 
> a
> > possessed breed, with a major MAJOR focus on their operating - 
> they have
> > made major commitments in terms of both time and money in order to 
> contest
> > effectively. Having more contesters in the fold means longevity of 
> the part
> > of the hobby that they enjoy most (plus another QSO in SS) - since 
> you might
> > be a newbie and have found the contest-reflector (they didn't have 
> this when
> > I was in your shoes) - welcome aboard!
> >
> > If you are a newbie contester in Florida and are looking to get 
> into
> > contesting I know that the membership of
> >
> > The Florida Contest Group
> >
> > will welcome you with open arms...if want to find out more - check 
> out the
> > cool club website listed below!
> >
> > 73 (it is NOT 73s, it is already plural!)
> >
> > Jim, K4OJ
> > Tampa, FL
> > k4oj at tampabay.rr.com
> >
> > Proud member of the Florida Contest Group, check out our website 
> at:
> >
> > http://www.qsl.net/fcg
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://www.fcg.club
> >
> > if your browser doesn't support the new domain names yet!
> >
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> 
> --
> 73,
> Richard Thorne
> Amarillo, TX
> Amateur Radio Station - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M)
> Remote Control Planes - AMA # N5ZC
> Web Page: http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/index.html
> 
> 
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> 
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