[CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for

[Joe]

That's why I still LOVE the old format of the original Novice Roundup!

You could do the whole time alotted period 24-30 hours? anyway. but you 
had 10 days to do it in!

It required thought of when to be on. not just brite force. you had to 
learn and understand about propagation etc. When should I get on? not 
just "Get ON"

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/6/2017 9:04 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> You said, " I guess I have too much going on at the moment to be tied down for 24 hours."
>
> One of the great things about contesting is that you can spend as much or as little time as you want.  I can assure you that the new guys who showed up on Sunday afternoon and evening had some wild pileups (fresh meat)!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> W0MU Mike Fatchett
>> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2017 6:43 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for
>>
>> I made zero contacts.  First time in a long time.
>>
>> I made lots of FT8 contacts this weekend and watch some Football and
>> worked on some outside projects.
>>
>> Very little motivation for SS.  I guess I have too much going on at the
>> moment to be tied down for 24 hours.
>>
>> I also noticed next to no excitement or posts with the local contest
>> club.  I did get a couple of frantic emails when my cluster apparently
>> rebooted about 10 minutes prior to the contest!
>>
>> I guess we will see if participation was down from the numbers in the
>> next few hours.
>>
>> W0MU
>>
>>
>> On 11/5/2017 4:23 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>>> I was thinking the same thing. The bands just don't sound as crowded as
>> I remember them 20+ years ago.  We sure miss all those 1x3 calls that
>> used bugs and had been doing SS forever.
>>>
>>> Randy, K5ZD
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
>>>> Of Radio KØHB
>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2017 4:39 PM
>>>> To: CQ-Contest
>>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for
>>>>
>>>> Do you remember when you wished that it was easy to find a good clear
>>>> QRG to run in SSCW?
>>>>
>>>> 73, de Hans, KØHB
>>>> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>>>>
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