[CQ-Contest] Observations of a young ham

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,12/22/2016 9:46 AM, Stephen Bloom wrote:
> I don't know the lay of the land at Visalia in terms of how
> tightly scheduled it is, and/or how easy it is to set things up on the fly,
> but, if feasible, perhaps we bring this discussion there, and figure out an
> organizational way forward.

Visalia is pretty loose. There are many scheduled presentations on 
Saturday, a DX track and a Contesting track on Friday. Plenty of loose 
contact time in the evenings. Try to arrive on Thursday, leave Sunday 
after the breakfast talk.

Visalia attracts lots of contesters, especially from NCCC, SCCC, and the 
Arizona Outlaws. There are several big stations in NCCC territory that 
regularly host a serious multi-op, including N6RO, K6LRG, W6YX, W7RN, 
and WC6H. W6NV has a mountaintop site that's set up for multi. K6TU and 
K6TD have a mountaintop site that's primarily designed for remote 
operation. W6JZH, K6TD, and NW6P often turn over their stations to guest 
operators. K6XX is set up for multi, but Bob is an WRTC competitor, so 
rarely hosts a multi, but he's mentored some younger hams who have 
become active contesters. I host guests from time to time. N6RO, K6LRG, 
and W7RN are all set up for remote operation. N6BV has no station at 
home, but often operates one of N6RO's stations remotely during a M/M. 
N7MH has no station at home, but is the primary operator at W6YX.

73, Jim K9YC