[CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories

robert beaudoin wa1fcn at charter.net
Sun Dec 3 20:16:22 EST 2023


     Good Evening Pete

         Well I have 50 plus years in the game so I sure know about what 
your

         bringing up.  Heck Pete there are probably more seniors than those

         under age 60.  I know in the past two years I have just simply 
stopped

         operating in a contest 4 times just due to lack of stamina. In 
two of

         those I had over 500 Qs !  I am hoping that doesn't happen this 
coming

         weekend for ARRL 10 meter contest.

          I also know there are several sports who have a senior

         league.  I am open for just about anything you can think of.

             All the Best      73  BoB WA1FCN

On 12/3/2023 2:48 PM, w1rm at comcast.net wrote:
> I know we have overlay categories for all sorts of things and that's great.
> But, I'd like to suggest just one more.  For those of us who have been in
> the game for a very long time, it's hard to compete.  Not impossible, mind
> you.  K1ZZ has been at it for 60 years and he can hold with the very best.
> But, there are others who are in their sunset years who's getup and go has
> gotten up and went and yet we still get in and do the best we can.
>
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> My very first contest effort was in 1957 in the Novice Roundup as KN2UTV.  I
> didn't do any more contesting until 1964 when I was working at ARRL HQ and
> Ellen White offered a trophy for the top HQ score in CW SS.
>
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> Any thoughts about recognizing the real seniors in the game?
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> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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> W1RM at Comcast.net
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