[CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout

[Dave Edmonds]

HI Pete,

If you are looking for a challenge, I would give the State QSO Party
Challenge a try for 2023. Visit stateqsoparty.com for rules etc.

It is a year long competition which includes 47 state/province qso party
contests. As you probably know, each QSO Party contest is uniquely
different. Each state QP is challenging, especially by propagation and
competition. Most contests are one day events, so you don't have to stay on
all weekend. They are very competitive and very CW friendly too.

This is the perfect opportunity to bust out of "contest burnout".

Hope to see your call in the SQP Challenge in 2023.

73 Dave WN4AFP

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 8:30 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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