[CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke

[Dan Kovatch]

I believe QST will publish stories but no one seems to write them anymore. I 
have not heard of anyone being rejected for turning in some good prose. 
W6ISQ was soooo good he may have scared others away from trying. He is a 
tough act to follow.

But, maybe it's time for some great writers to challenge themselves with a 
new 'fictional' character.

73 Dan W8CAR
waiting for the concrete to dry on my new island!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Rex Lint
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:59 AM
To: 'James Cain' ; 'Dave Hachadorian'
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke

>It's too bad that QST will no longer publish such wacky stories.

Why is that?  W6ISQ used to be a favorite author of mine.  Guess wacky
stories went the way of contest scores.

Rex
K1HI - Merrimack, NH


-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of James Cain
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:45 AM
To: Dave Hachadorian
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke

Dave:

Thanks for the reminder, OM. Let's not forget that "The Man Who Broke the
Bank"  was written by G. Franklin Montgomery, W3FQB, of Bethesda, Maryland.
His name is not in the QRZ.com database so he's probably dead. Perhaps some
PVRC old timers remember him. He scored 114K in the 1952 CW SS, in the
maximum allowed 40 hours.

You're right, it's really a genius story. It's too bad that QST will no
longer publish such wacky stories.

I think I first read W3FQB's story when I was in high school in the 1960s,
and I'm sure it had a subconscious influence on my own writing years later.

(Note: QST archives are available on line to ARRL members at the ARRL web
site.)

Jim Cain, K1TN
Crivitz, Wisconsin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll at arrl.net>
To: "James Cain" <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>; "cq-contest reflector"
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke


> W3LPL recently called my attention to an even more prescient QST article
> related to computer-aided contesting and CW Skimmer. The title is "The Man
> Who Broke the Bank," from  May of 1953.   This is before even the first
> production transistor radio!  Illustrations are by Gil.  For ARRL members:
> http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/33366
>
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: James Cain
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:23 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] The Oracle Spoke
>
> Read "The Mind of the Contester," QST, July 1990, and "Packet With a
> Purpose," QST, August 1990.
>
> The author of those articles correctly predicted every issue currently on
> this reflector, and more, 20 years ago.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jim Cain
> At the New K1TN Superstation
> Crivitz, Wisconsin
>
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