[CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout

[robert wa1fcn]

     GM Joe

         Well I was only kidding about the "over 70"  because in my 
early 60's I had

             plenty of drive and stamina tho never enough to approach 48 
hours maybe

               a maximum of 38.    In any case 73  BoB WA1FCN

On 12/3/2022 8:07 AM, Joe wrote:
> Over 70? Geez How about over 60 guys?
> The days of doing any of the CQWW Contests 48 hours is LONG gone!
> Geez I can't even do 24 hour ones anymore.
> 6 to 8 hour tests non-stop is about my limit now.
>
> Myself I'd like to see a contest where strategy plays a major role in 
> the contest, not just pure stamina and or great stations. A contest 
> where you get rewarded by working the harder ones to work more than 
> the easy contacts.
>
> A contest where the understanding propagation, plays a major role.
>
> A contest where it is not a marathon.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
>
> On 12/2/2022 9:23 PM, robert wa1fcn wrote:
>>
>>     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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> So, I would appreciate some honest thoughts about how to combat contest
>>> burnout.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>>>
>>> W1RM at Comcast.net
>>>
>>>
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