[SCCC] Getting new contest Ops and participation notes

[Art]

It never hurts to have a SPARE 'Club Station' call for training purposes.
73, Art  W6KY    (KK6XN  Hidden Valley Contest Club)

Dennis Vernacchia wrote:

> Some notes regarding the MS Operation at N6KI this weekend
>
>     I had one XYL Op (K6XTY) Christie that had never operated a HF 
> Radio. Her OM is a ham and
> was watching her generate the pileups. After she finished her shift, 
> they decided they would get into contesting from their new QTH in 
> Squaw Valley CA this fall !!!
>
>     One note to mention to anyone who sponsors/trains new HF Ops is, 
> the things
> most new HF Ops have problems with and waste most of a QSO time doing is
> tuning in voices on SSB,  and dealing with DX station's accents or 
> thier calling
> off frequency ( sometimes purposely).
>     One of the assignments I give new Ops is to just listen to the 
> contest in action BEFORE they come over to operate and practice tuning 
> in voices with both the main tuning knob and the RIT. Once they get a 
> QSO tuned in I tell them to try to determine who owns the freq and who 
> is the caller.
>
> Another thing I do when I run into an any hams that say they hate 
> contests and contestors, is tell
> them not to knock it before they have actually tried contesting and 
> invite them to operate just once
> at my station...I have made several converts to contesting over the 
> years from this sector!
>
> 73, Dennis N6KI
>
> P.S. - Also remember to borrow someone else's call to do the the 
> contest with
>           so you won't tarnish you're reputation when the new Ops are 
> massacring the QSO rate !!
>          ( just kidding !)
>
>
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