[CQ-Contest] Thank those guys in the rare sections!

[Zack Widup]

 I worked 3 KH6's, 2 KP4's, 2 KP2's and 3 KL7's on 15 meters on Sunday
afternoon. Heard one of the KP2's calling CQ on 40 meters near contest end.
He was 40 over 9 then.

I missed NE and MS. I can't believe I missed MS!

With three hours to go in the contest, I worked VY1EI and VO1MP within a
half hour of each other. I felt for the first time in my life I might be
able to get a clean sweep. I needed SB, RI, MS and NE after that. I worked
RI shortly and started to get excited.

I worked SB with 5 minutes left in the contest. Never  even heard an MS or
NE calling CQ or S&P'ing.
Oh well.

73, Zack W9SZ
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:39 PM, John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> After working 4 pacific and 2 Puerto Rico stations in just a couple of
> hours of operating, what I used to consider rare weren't rare this year.
>  What did seem to be the rare sections this year?  I assume VE8 wasn't all
> over the place although I did have one CW SS in the 80s where I worked 4
> VE8/VY1 stations.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- On Tue, 11/10/09, Idle-Tyme <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Idle-Tyme <nss at mwt.net>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Thank those guys in the rare sections!
> > To: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> > Cc: "cq contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 10:10 AM
>  > Wow if I was rare I'd love it!
> >
> > I'd rather sit there fighting a giant pile up with hundreds
> > calling me
> > anyday, rather than sitting there on 80 meters at 3 am
> > waiting for just
> > one call,  any one call me  please before i fall
> > asleep!
> >
> > Joe WB9SBD
> >
> > *The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > http://www.idle-tyme.com*
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> > > If you are so inclined, drop an E-mail to anyone you
> > worked in a rare
> > > section during ARRL SS and thank them for getting on
> > for the contest.
> > > It may be frustrating for them to be rare (packet
> > pileups, etc.), but
> > > encouragement goes a long way.  I already sent
> > two notes and got two
> > > replies back.  It might keep them coming back
> > next year (or in two
> > > weeks!).
> > >
> > > 73 - Jim AD1C
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>,
> > http://www.ad1c.us
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