[SCCC] Fw: NA Sprint CW W4EF(@W6VIO) HP

[Michael Tope]

When I started out in the CW Sprint, Dennis, I though it would be
great if I ever got good enough to break 200, then I broke 200
and wondered if I would ever get good enough to break 250,
then I broke 250 and wondered if I would ever get good enough
to break 300. The I broke 300 and wondered if I would ever
get good enough to break 325. I have now been wondering
about 325 for longer than I would car to admit (my first CW
Sprint was circa 1986). Meanwhile a fair number of my esteemed
competitors are making 350, 370, and 380  on a regular basis.
There is even that one deranged fellow up in Oregon who just
made 429 QSOs.

How these guys score so high is a mystery to me. I used to
think it was lack of hardware, and then I got some pretty good
hardware and found that I still fell short. It has become apparent
to me that it is most likely the guy behind the key, not the
hardware that is the primary impediment to further advancement
up the scoring ladder. I will continue to try, however, as the CW
Sprint is pretty darn fun even when I fall short of my goals for
scoring. And who knows, perhaps someday I will learn to control
my concentration well enough to squeeze out that extra 5 or 10
QSO/hour that will get me to that next level. Until then, I will just have
to wonder what it's like to score that big. In the meantime that
crazy guy in Oregon will probably figure out how to get to
450 QSOs :):)

73 de Mike, W4EF................................

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net>
To: <SCCC at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] Fw: NA Sprint CW W4EF(@W6VIO) HP


> Just one comment:  you feel like you suck at Sprint and yet you scored
over
> 300 Q's and 13k points?  Imagine when you get to where you want to be!
>
> --Dennis, NE6I
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com>
> To: <SCCC at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:52 PM
> Subject: [SCCC] Fw: NA Sprint CW W4EF(@W6VIO) HP
>
>
> > Sorry I missed the meeting today. I had to put up a fence for the
> > little puppy I rescued in November. She is about 40 lbs now :):)
> > Anyone want a free dog?
> >
> > Mike, W4EF..............................
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <webform at b4h.net>
> > To: <3830 at contesting.com>; <w4ef at dellroy.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:05 PM
> > Subject: NA Sprint CW W4EF(@W6VIO) HP
> >
> >
> >>                     NA Sprint CW Contest
> >>
> >> Call: W4EF
> >> Operator(s): W4EF
> >> Station: W6VIO
> >>
> >> Class: Single Op HP
> >> QTH: CA
> >> Operating Time (hrs): 04:00
> >>
> >> Summary:
> >>  Band  QSOs  Op Time
> >> ---------------------
> >>    80:   69   00:50
> >>    40:  107   01:29
> >>    20:  135   01:41
> >> ---------------------
> >> Total:  311    Mults = 42  Total Score = 13,062
> >>
> >> Club: Southern California Contest Club
> >>
> >> Team: SCCC #1
> >>
> >> Comments:
> >>
> >> Rig: Yaesu FT-1000
> >> Amp: Ameritron AL-82
> >> Antennas: 20M - TH7DX @ 60'
> >>           40M - 402CD @ 70'
> >>           80M TX - Inverted-Vee @ 60'
> >>           80M RX - K9AY Loops
> >>
> >> Software: TRlog 6.78
> >>
> >> Multipliers were tough this time. Heard two KL7's with big
> >> signals (KL7WV and AL1G), but I was on the wrong end of
> >> the QSY rule both times. Also heard K7CA in Utah with about
> >> 2 seconds to go on 80 meters. By the time he was done with
> >> his QSO it was 04:00:20 or so, so it wasn't to be :)
> >>
> >> Eighty was surprisingly good in the last hour. Felt like I
> >> made up a little lost ground from hour 3 on fourty where
> >> I really felt beat up this time. On fourty it sometimes felt
> >> like there was a pileup of perennial champions following me
> >> around between 7005 and 7027 beating me out everytime I
> >> called someone, and when I called CQ nobody they were nowhere
> >> to be found (okay, next time I will take my medication before
> >> the contest). Anyhow, nice to see all the familiar callsigns.
> >> Even though I still suck at it, the CW Sprint is still the
> >> best thing in contesting.
> >>
> >> 73 de Mike, W4EF.............................
> >>
> >>
> >> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
> > http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
> >>
> >
> >
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