[CQ-Contest] 10-10

[Joe]

Bust be a really bad beam :-)

Joe WB9SBD
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On 10/27/2014 5:22 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> Really. There are 40,000 people on the bands and I can't work anybody!
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Joe
>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 7:00 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 10-10
>>
>> Man-O-Man,
>> The anti contesting crowd was out in force on Facebook this time.
>>
>> The best comment I saw was.
>>
>> I just got done putting up my brand new 10 meter 4 element beam, And now
>> I can't get on because of the stinking contest!
>>
>> These people really do not have a clue do they?
>>
>> We NEED the webinar about how contesting is good for the hobby and how it
>> can make you a better operator.
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
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>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
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>> On 10/27/2014 12:30 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
>>> If "please copy" is the worst of our problems, I'd say we're in good
>>> shape.
>>>
>>> Copy?
>>>
>>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Tim Shoppa Sent: Monday, October 27,
>>> 2014 2:15 PM To: cq-contest at contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest]
>>> 10-10
>>>> It has seemed like the QRZ Contest in recent years.  This year it
>>>> seemed
>>> to be
>>>> the 73 Contest.  Surely 'thanks' is sufficient, given the length of
>>>> the Q
>>> and
>>>> the fact you haven't exchanged names?
>>> Decent contesting form seemed to rule this past weekend. I only heard
>>> "please copy" a couple of times.
>>>
>>> Admittedly since I wasn't working US stations, my sample may have been
>>> biased. Maybe the DX stations working the US stations heard all kinds
>>> of "please copy".
>>>
>>> I remember when I did a lot of Digital at Field Day this summer and
>>> there was a whole bunch of "please copy" in the digital exchanges! So
>>> maybe this is a US-ism.
>>>
>>> Tim N3QE
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