[CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Overlay Categories

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

Good advice Jeff !

 

I have 100% wire antennas here and don't feel especially hard done by,.

 

I am not beating VY2TT or VE3EJ however, hi hi hi

 

73 es CU (all of a sudden!) in CQWW CW

 

Mike VE9AA

 

The ARRL's limited antenna overlay will be available for all HF contests.

 

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jeff Clarke" <ku8e at ku8e.com>

To: "CQ-Contest at contesting.com" <cq-contest at contesting.com>

Sent: Monday, November 6, 2023 10:11:03 AM

Subject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Overlay Categories

 

I really liked the ARRL Sweepstakes Limited Antenna category that the 

ARRL added. It's nice to see score comparisons to other stations using 

similar wire antennas to mine. I was really surprised to see other guys 

that I always assumed had a tower and beam antennas in that category. 

Many of them are pretty loud in Georgia (especially if they're running 

an amplifier) so my advice is don't give up on contesting if you only 

have wire antennas. You can still have fun !  I'll probably never have a 

tower and beam antenna since I'm older now , don't climb towers anymore 

and retired. You're not going to win anything with wire antennas 

compared to the big guns who always win which makes it easy to just do a 

contest PT or casually. If I had something to shoot for maybe I would 

spend more operating time in a contest from home.

 

Kudos to the ARRL. It would be nice if they added this overlay category 

to their other contests too. Maybe CQ as well ?

 

73's Jeff  KU8E

 

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB