[CQ-Contest] What does Multi mean to me?

[Hank Greeb]

Multi to me means a fellow or group which has megabuckz to devote to ham 
radio. For those contests which do NOT have a separate multi-single, it 
probably discriminates against the multi-single (and multi-two)..

For almost 40 years I had 16 acres in a rather remote site, which wasn't 
ideal for a multi-multi, bu I could have afforded one had I wished.  
When we moved to Michigan, it took >6 months to find the place we now 
have which has 9+ acres and no CC&R's, so I could put up a "fair" 
multi-multi station if I so wished.

But, the "QRP Nut" in me blossemed for the 2nd time, and since about 
2007, single op, 1 rig, 5 watts or less, wire antenna "has never ceased 
to amaze me as to what it can do."

I realize this is the wrong forum to write about this, but I don't get 
much of a kick about "preaching to the choir."  I HAVE operated as part 
of a fairly respectable multi-multi, and multi-single team, and find tha 
such is boring after the first hour or two when the initial rush of a 
couple hundred per hour is over.  Running one of those stations is like 
shooting wingless ducks in a pond.  You find where there are, figure out 
the best antenna for the hop, and "bang" you have your contacts.  All 
$$'s, little skill.  If I, otherwise known as "MR LID" personified, can 
hit a preponderance of these contacts after the first or second try, any 
"real" operator must be "really bored."

I invite any of the readers o compete in the SO QRP category. That's 
where I find fun, fun, fun.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 5/10/2017 9:12 AM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:

> I have a single tower station with one radio and one amp. I do fairly
> well. I win the district sometimes and even squeak my way into the top 10
> sometimes. I'm happy with that, but I could improve and do better in the
> placement. But let's be honest. Someone could dump a ton of money and build
> a multi tower station complete with low band 4 squares. They'll beat me. Is
> that fair? Maybe it isn't. But I'm not going to knee cap them because I
> want to win. I just deal with it.