[CQ-Contest] zero pointers

Dale Putnam daleputnam at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 30 18:29:47 EST 2006


And this will be happening more and more... 
Count on it... so grab two Qs from those hard to get places.
--...   ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy> > For example, what if 5 of those zero pointers were ID, ND, SD, AK and > WY?> > You erase them from memory this time and they may erase you from > memory come SS. Kiss your sweep goodbye.> >> My advice: work 'em and move on. Anything else is going to waste more > time than the Q would and would only annoy folk who may be on the > bubble between hating and not hating contesters.
 
 
Very good advice!> > The bottom line is that the 1600 Qs isn't the entire crux of the cost of > working zero pointers. If you work em while nobody else is calling you, it's > no less productive than an unanswered CQ.> > Piss off too many people, and you'll have a lot of unanswered CQs.
 
and fewer contest participants next time... how long will that last.??> > 73, kelly> ve4xt> 
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