[RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 166, Issue 61

Wed Oct 19 15:00:10 EDT 2016

Hi Robb,
I should agree with you Robb. BTW we have had four QSO in the JARTS as 
IW1QN: thank from him and me.
We went on running onto two big beams ... and a vertical full size loop 
on 80m. A monster bigger than my house.
We have you on 80,20,15 and mostly for the joy on us on 10. The 10 
contact is the nicest as the prop was very poor. The missed 40 speaks by 
itself.
That is our Club Station, IQ1RY, and I am happy that everybody there 
think as the waste majority to first line and second line contest.
So, JARTS, WAE, VOLTA, and maybe the SARTG and the RTTY roundup, are the 
year to year places where to diddle with my own club ticket.
It is not an effortless and free ride, but I could invite friends and 
receive guests to operate from there. Teaming is an exceptional 
experience, each time.
Even as it was the worst as at 5D5A in CQ WPX RTTY.

Nonetheless the point of John is extremely  appealing: It's a nonsense 
to impose a rule that couldn't be enforced.
Those are the times we together live.

It's not easy to mediate the two points, but I am much more oriented to 
what John wrote.

As there doesn't exist major or minor contests. Or US friends may write 
here: bullsh.....
As any contest is made from single operators who strive to give 001, 
that 001 would even be a 2000 for anyone other: that's a sequence of 001 
become more and more.
As there we still have to match each time ourselves with radios, and 
whatever it means, and other slices of our life.
As bigger and smaller stations,  contests editions by year, and our life 
may change step by step. But still we have the pleasure to measure 
ourself  against the next step, not the top. What is the top? Usually a 
blatantly unenlightened poor soul that live only for himself.
As I get frustrated having had a fail but not understanding where it 
was, strategy, power, operation choices. Mumbling and mumbling all around.
As I attempt to learn from other in-contest choices and habits if the 
same would be applicable.

I should go for rules that could be enforced, as any other difference 
could not be changed. Doing my best with whatever I have.
Tomorrow is another day. Next year is another contest, even the same 
JARTS, or WAE, or younameit.

$ 0.02

       Salvo

PS It's like to drive on a multilane highway, everybody pay, and get and 
out in wherever. The highway is the same for all of us.
One day is raining, one day is sunshine, but every days on my same 
routes I see often the same peoples.
Some are friendly, other not, also I could look friendly or not.
Some make mistakes sometime. Other make mistakes sometime.
Still the motorway is the same, as it is the same the weather (well, 
almost in our case), but the cars aren't the same kind for each of us.
I have the same attention for anyone as anyone deserve it.
Even for the one I could not place in the log as I am not able to 
receive him weak signal and frantic attempt to catch mine.
SRY DR OM UR QSA IS TOO WEAK PSE TRY AGAIN LATER ON IW1AYD it is only a 
click but I hope it means a lot for him as for me.

On 19/10/2016 18:00, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:09:24 +0100
> From: "Robb Webb. Photographer"<robb at robbwebbphotography.co.uk>
> To:zs2ez at zs2ez.co.za
> Cc: John Barber<john at bordertech.co.uk>, Julio VE3FH<ve3fh at yahoo.ca>,
> 	rtty at contesting.com, 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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> 	<16E11024-6EC3-41A4-9A00-AEC02F2C684A at robbwebbphotography.co.uk>
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> 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