[RTTY] PLEASE operate in the MAKROTHEN RTTY contest thisweekend!

[Stanley Zawrotny]

I don't use the likelihood of scoring near the top as a consideration for entering a contest. I enter for the fun of contesting. If I am competing against anyone, it's my last year's score. As the solar cycle gets worse, it gets harder and harder to beat last year.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Oct 19, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Robb Webb. Photographer <robb at robbwebbphotography.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys, my contesting time is very limited. 
> I work portable and it takes me on average 4 hours to put my station together for a contest. That's after leaving the office early, loading the car and driving to my contest location. 
> So for me, it has to be a contest I feel I stand a chance of getting near the top of the scores.
> Not owning an amp I enter LP. 
> If I am going to be competing with stations that are running HP then my chances are greatly reduced. 
> In years gone by when I had my own station at home I would enter as many as I could regardless but now I'm a lot more restricted. 
> A contest without an LP category !! Not likely I will take part. 
> 
> Just my 2p worth 
> 
> Robb 
> G0URR
> GU0URR 
> 
> 
> Robb Webb Photography
> Bringing Photography to life
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> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2016, at 14:10, Barry Murrell ZS2EZ <zs2ez at zs2ez.co.za> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi John and all concerned
>> 
>> I have an issue with this logic : Take for example my situation - South
>> Africa now has a Maximum Power level of 1KW... my amplifier (max 600W) has
>> packed up, and unless someone with WAY more knowledge than I have can fix it
>> (Not very likely in my location)I will be running Low Power for the
>> foreseeable future (there is simply NO WAY that I can afford another
>> amplifier, I would LOVE a new solid-state amp but at our exchange rate it
>> would cost me a year's income, if I gave up paying bills and didn't eat!!).
>> Thus I must now compete DIRECTLY against others running 10x my power....
>> what is the point??
>> 
>> My contesting for 2017 was already going to be limited to a selected handful
>> of events - I have now scratched the BARTG events off my list as being
>> impractical for me.
>> 
>> 73 de BARRY MURRELL ZS2EZ
>> KF26ta - Port Elizabeth, South Africa
>> EPC#0558 DMC#1690 WCC#030 30MDG#4081
>> DXCC(mixed)#41,146  DXCC(RTTY)#1,916
>> DXCC(phone)#34,990  DXCC(CW)#11,714
>> DXCC 40m,30m,20m,17m,15m,12m,10m
>> WAS Triple Play #492  WAS(RTTY)#538  WAZ(RTTY)#185  WAE-I(mixed)#72
>> WAZS(mixed)#214  AAA#1569
>> AS ZR6DXB: VUCC(50MHZ)#1,334  UKSMG WAE(Silver)#75  UKSMG AFRICA#22  WAC
>> (Satellite)
>> website : www.zs2ez.co.za
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John Barber
>> Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2016 2:43 PM
>> To: 'Julio VE3FH' <ve3fh at yahoo.ca>; rtty at contesting.com
>> Cc: Ian GM4KLN <ian at gm4kln.co.uk>; G3LDI Roger Cooke <roger at g3ldi.co.uk>;
>> 'Simone Wilson' <m0box at btinternet.com>; Andrew G8GNI
>> <g8gni.m5aex at gmail.com>; plummerc42 at hotmail.com; bartg at bartg.org.uk
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] PLEASE operate in the MAKROTHEN RTTY contest
>> thisweekend!
>> 
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