[CQ-Contest] The Chosen

Stephen Bloom sbloom at acsalaska.net
Sun Dec 20 15:58:49 EST 2015


FWIW (not much) ..and as someone who is only now taking SSB Contesting more
seriously ...

Noticed a whole lot of "Please Copy" in the RAC Contest from the Canadians
...it kinda goes with the whole politeness thing ...and ..I actually like it
in SS SSB ...My first big interest in this hobby was traffic handling ...led
to a few great years of operating at a ship to shore station ..and SS was
the first contest for a lot of us traffic handlers ..and the Q format is the
NTS Radiogram header.  Neither of these contests are ratefests ...so
...don't see the problem.  

For the rate contests ...if we're running and working pileups ..I think we
get an instinct for who will be a quick snap Q ..and who will need a bit of
hand holding.  I just figure I'm grateful for the Q ...except on CW in the
rare case (like yesterday late in RAC) where someone literally can't send
their own callsign or the exchange the same way twice).

73
Steve KL7SB


p.s.  Alan ..I see you have a well.com email address ..were you a member of
the Well back when it was a real online community?


-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Alan M. Eshleman
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 8:15 AM
To: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com; dk8zz at darc.de
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Chosen


 
 
>And, I wonder, are there really so many "please copy" ops put there 
>that they pose a threat to the elite?

Of course not. 

73, Alan/K6SRZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
To: dk8zz at darc.de, cq-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 7:47:34 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Chosen

There are few competitive events where the "civilians" mix right  in with
the "professionals".  Imagine an auto race where your typical  Ma and Pa
Sunday drivers were out there with the race cars.  But this does  happen in
ham radio contests and makes for more QSOs. 
 
And, I wonder, are there really so many "please copy" ops put there that
they pose a threat to the elite?
 
73,
Ken, AB1J
 
 
In a message dated 2015-12-20 2:38:08 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
dk8zz at darc.de writes:

I like  please copy...

Why should be only F2 recording ;-)
Not all HAMs  works Contests trying to make a good results.

Zik  DK8ZZ

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