[CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout

[robert wa1fcn]

     GE Pete

     Your post hit close to home.  In the past 2 years I have begun to 
lose my

     desire to continue on. I have made over 500 Qso in 4 contest and just

     said ah I don't want to continue on.  The last major contest I have won

     was in 2015.  At least I am trying to hang in there for the mid 
level contest.

     If there is a way to combat this  I would like to know it also. 
Maybe a contest

     just for us over 70 guys.

                 73  BoB WA1FCN


On 12/2/2022 5:21 PM, w1rm at comcast.net wrote:
> I would like to have a serious discussion regarding contest burnout.  I'm
> not interested in nasty or snide comments but rather a real discussion on
> those, like me, who are suffering from it and have overcome it.
>
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> I have been a serious contester since the late 1960s.  I am a CW guy and
> have won CQWW, ARRL DX, and a bunch of others.  I have been a regular
> participant in many of the majors for a very long time and have a wall full
> of plaques for my efforts.
>
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> After 66 years of contesting, I'm faced with ben there, done that.  At 80
> years old, I am not going to win anything, and I know it.  I don't have the
> stamina.  My station used to be very competitive, and it still is, but I
> don't do SO2R, I only have one beam/antenna per band.  I do have top-grade
> gear, though.
>
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> So, I would appreciate some honest thoughts about how to combat contest
> burnout.
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> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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> W1RM at Comcast.net
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