[CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout

[w1rm at comcast.net]

Thanks, Ed.  I do the FT8 WW Digi contest but as a single-band affair. I can't stay awake for 24 hours anymore (:-<).  I've done single band 20 since the first one but this year, with conditions being so good, I switched to 15.

I have not done the NAQP until this year but when I tried it, I found it to be very much like the old CD Parties that I really enjoyed back in the 60s.  Perhaps I'll pay more attention to that one.

I guess part of this is just facing the fact that I am getting older.  Hitting 80 in August is a little mind-blowing in a way.  


Pete Chamalian, W1RM
W1RM at Comcast.net

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+w1rm=comcast.net at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Ed W0YK
Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2022 8:05 AM
To: w1rm at comcast.net; CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout

Hi Pete. For me, avoiding contest burnout has been due to enjoying the operating more than the result of winning.  I've never felt my operating was perfect, so there's always been the challenge of improvement.  CW is my favorite mode, but I also enjoy RTTY.  SSB and FT8 are nice for some diversion.  I think this helps avoid burnout.I'm only 75 though, with 6 decades of contesting, so maybe I'll reach burnout yet!73,Ed W0YK
-------- Original message --------From: w1rm at comcast.net Date: 12/2/22  17:31  (GMT-08:00) To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout I would like to have a serious discussion regarding contest burnout.  I'mnot interested in nasty or snide comments but rather a real discussion onthose, like me, who are suffering from it and have overcome it. I have been a serious contester since the late 1960s.  I am a CW guy andhave won CQWW, ARRL DX, and a bunch of others.  I have been a regularparticipant in many of the majors for a very long time and have a wall fullof plaques for my efforts. After 66 years of contesting, I'm faced with ben there, done that.  At 80years old, I am not going to win anything, and I know it.  I don't have thestamina.  My station used to be very competitive, and it still is, but Idon't do SO2R, I only have one beam/antenna per band.  I do have top-gradegear, though. So, I would appreciate some honest thoughts about how to combat contestburnout.  Pete Chamalian, W1RMW1RM at Comcast.net _______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
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