[CQ-Contest] And now for something completely different......

[K0HB]

For several weeks this reflector has been consumed with issues and insinuations regarding cheating rascals who don't want their logs viewed by Aunt Emma, cheaters who wait until the last second to submit their log, and other similar underhanded characters.

How about a return to the purpose of the reflector, helping us all become better skilled at the art of Radiosport.

So I pose this question to the gathered multitude.....  

What single factor do you  credit with being the MOST important to your success as a contester?  (The "factor" can be a skill, a station engineering accomplishment, an "accident of location", or whatever.)

73, de Hans, K0HB/W7