[CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I'm skeptical about that, Mike - my peak time spent in a contest was 
CQWW back on the early 2000s, at about 37 hours.  I have trouble doing 
half that now - not the way to win, even if I had a station like I did 
then.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 12/3/2023 10:33 PM, Mike Ritz wrote:
> Most of the best and well known contesters in the US are probably in their 70’s and 80’s now. Just about everybody would qualify for the overlay…
>
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
>
> Sent from my iPhone, utilizing  a very tiny keyboard fed from very fat fingers
>
>> On Dec 3, 2023, at 7:10 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR<pete.n4zr at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> I'm 82, been contesting since the 1954 SS, and really don't much care about a oldster overlay.  I get my kicks from the process of making lots of Qs for however long I can, and contributing them to my club's score
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>>> On 12/3/2023 3:48 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.
>>>
>>>   
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>   
>>> Any thoughts about recognizing the real seniors in the game?
>>>
>>>   
>>>   
>>> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>>>
>>> W1RM at Comcast.net
>>>
>>>   
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