[CQ-Contest] NAQP CW "West Coast Battle Cry"

N7MAL N7MAL at CITLINK.NET
Mon Jan 16 00:32:55 EST 2006


Whoa, slow down Ken. I have several good friends of mine who are considered the 'crème de la crème of the contesting community. I have watched them operate, worked them, and in several cases had long one-on-one conversations with them about contesting. I can guarantee you any one of them with a 'coat-hanger' could beat any 'average' contester at any big-gun station. There is a heck of a lot more to being a good/successful contester than just sitting your butt in a big-gun station.
A big-gun multi-multi, good station, is just the icing on the cake, you need the cake first. Every premier contester started out as a little pistol and learned how to contest. They learned the contesting basics and the secrets of successful contesting.

I am actually surprised a contester with your contesting credentials would make such a silly statement.



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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Widelitz 
  To: Craig Cook 
  Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:49
  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP CW "West Coast Battle Cry"


  Hi Craig,

  If you want to join that  "group of contesters that seem to know each other
  and communicate and share stations and help each other" all you need to do
  is ask if a station is available or if a superstation Multi-op needs another
  operator. They might say no. I'd best most of the time they would say yes.
  Nothing ventured, nothing gained. K1TTT regularly posts on this reflector
  that his superstation is available. All you need to do is express your
  interest.

  Yes, hardware makes a difference. The best operators in the world with
  literally a wire hanging out the window probably couldn't beat an average
  operator at a nearby superstation. But I bet most of those ops would take my
  station and up the score I would have achieved by 20%.

  73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT

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