[CQ-Contest] Would You Still Contest?

[Robert Brandon]

I once was cruising along in the CW Sprint when three-time WRTC winner N5TJ
called me.  He gave me his QSO number, and I was giddy to discover that I
was a few QSOs ahead of him!  

I learned after the contest that he'd made a very fine showing against me --
at a high power multi-tower station -- with 100W and an attic dipole.  

There are challenges at every level.  Operating is just plain fun.  

Robert K5PI


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Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:22 PM
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Would You Still Contest?

Another marvelous SS CW has come and the usual post-contest flurry of
messages has begun, so here's my (completely serious) contribution:

If for whatever reasons the only station you had available to you was a QRP
transceiver and a low dipole, would you still operate in the SS?

I imagine-- but could be way off-- that once one has the taste of victory in
one's mouth from a superstation with all of the accoutrements, that falling
back to a spartan little pistol operation with llittle hope of doing any
damage is probably too little to capture one's interest.

In other words, you'd sit out the SS rather than subject yourself to the
challenge of Q power and cloud warmer.

Or maybe not? Is the thrill of the competition alone enough for the big
guns, or does there have to be some chance of doing substantial damage with
a large signal?

If your answer is, "No, thanks," what does that say about the
antenna-limited hams who, year after year, either voluntarily or by
necessity enter in the Q category?


Al W6LX
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