[CQ-Contest] A call to action

[Eric Hilding]

John, K4BAI, wrote:

> I devoured the contest results when they appeared in the
> magazine, even when my scores were quite small.

{Notalgic Sigh}... so did I (along with "How's DX" and all the new rig photos to drool over -)  Those were the "Good Old Days".

Steve, KG5VK, wrote:

> I appluad everyone that opens their home and Ham shack for guest

Ditto & Double-Ditto.  K1TTT sure seems to do this a lot which I think is great.

Tom, W7WHY, wrote:

> I'm assuming you mean for SSB contesting?  How many of these will be
> learning CW just so they can contest.  If they wanted to learn CW, they
> would have done it a long time ago.  The incentive is no different now than
> it was then.  I'm sure it will be the samo samo on CW.

Yes, that's why we need more CW ops getting into SO2R ... like NOW !!!  As the Sunspot Cycle makes the upswing, a few years from now a new flock of even semi-experienced SO2R CW ops will provide more QSOs for everyone (even with 100w & a couple of dipoles in Domestic Contests).

I keep plugging the Joys of CW amongst the ranks of our local GVARC club.

73...

Rick, K6VVA