[CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories

[w1rm at comcast.net]

Yeah, that was SS.  Then, when I moved the station to my home in NY, W1BGD/2.

 

 

Pete Chamalian, W1RM

W1RM at Comcast.net

 

From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 8:28 PM
To: w1rm at comcast.net
Cc: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories

 

You left out a call...
W1 Boy Girl Dog

73,
Steve, N2IC 

On Sunday, December 3, 2023, <w1rm at comcast.net <mailto: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 <mailto:W1RM at Comcast.net> 
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