[CQ-Contest] Why do we like our favorite contesting mode?

[Jim Neiger]

I am old.

I have been contesting for 55 years.

I love CW contesting.

I love SSB contesting.

I am equally bad, in both modes.

End of my story.

Vy 73,

Jim Neiger  N6TJ

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From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <k5zd at charter.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 12:45 PM
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why do we like our favorite contesting mode?

> I always thought people were either Phone ops or CW ops.  I.e., they 
> favored
> one or the other based on their interests or skills and that was that. 
> But,
> is that really true?  Could there be other factors that influence our
> preferred operating mode?
>
> The WPX CW/SSB Contest participant survey conducted in Aug-Sep 2009 
> provided
> over 5000 responses from contesters all over the world. The survey asked 
> for
> their years of contesting experience.  It also asked them to indicate 
> their
> favorite contesting mode.
>
> Doug, KR2Q, did some data mining and the results are suprising!  Would you
> believe your preferences might be determined by how many years of 
> contesting
> experience you have?
>
> See the results at http://www.cqwpx.com/blog/?p=52
>
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
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