[CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked?

[John Geiger]

I actually did more operating this year in the CW SS than I usually do.  I
got a late start-around 0300Z on Saturday night since my daughter was
competing in a gymnastics meet in Oklahoma City and that didn't even start
until 4:30pm.  Guess that is better than having to get up at 5:30am to get
there for an early meet!

Much of the time anymore I find it hard to get really motivated to go out
and work a bunch of US stations for a weekend.  Not sure why I was more
motivated other than I had a new (to me) once time top of the line radio-a
Kenwood TS950SD-and I wanted to see how it did in CW contest conditions, it
did just fine!  I also made it a personal goal this year to use only the
Novice bands for the contest, which was a nice challenge, and gave me
something to give me some more motivation.

I might not do much in the SSB portion.  When you are lower power without a
great antenna SSB contests can get pretty frustrating!

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> On 11/6/2017 7:04 AM, Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest wrote:
>
>> As many of you are aware, for many years I’ve been doing “Single Operator
>> Multi Station” efforts in SS, typically operating from four different
>> stations in an effort to turn SS into a 24 hour ratefest.
>>
>
> Out here in W6, Rusty, W6OAT, is credited with the strategy of NCCC
> members trading stations for one of the two days of SS. To do that, of
> course, requires spare rigs and spare callsigns (like one borrowed from
> another ham who won't operate in SS). I've done that a half dozen times,
> and it certainly makes Sunday a lot more fun on both ends of the QSO.
>
> As NCCC members have aged, there's far less interest in SS, and some of
> our members experience physical discomfort with more than a few hours of
> BIC. As a result, we haven't mounted a serious SS effort for about five
> years. I've chosen to work the CW weekend QRP, and often a pass on SSB.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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