[SCCC] More than just scores

[Dennis Younker NE6I]

Here, here! I noticed all of the great comments from club members too, John! 
It sounds as though many of our members had a ball recording best ever 
efforts last weekend! It's always exciting to read about these, and the 
excitement is contagious!

--Dennis, NE6I

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Simmons" <kq6es at roadrunner.com>
To: "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:35 PM
Subject: [SCCC] More than just scores


> It's not unfitting to be a little sentimental during this time of year, so 
> at the risk of being too serious I wanted to say this.
>
>
>
> The phonetics have generated a lot of interest and humor, but I saw only 
> one SCCC posted message, from N6WIN, that said anything about either of 
> the main things, which were Tim K6GEP doing such a creditable job (and 
> having such a good time) with so many new things to do and to experience 
> in a solo full time contest effort - Good Job Tim!, and Tim N6WIN making 
> his station available for the other Tim (and to me last month) to enjoy 
> and learn from - Thanks, Tim!
>
>
>
> I don't think it can be overestimated how important such positive first 
> experiences can be to a contester at any level. I'm still thankful to 
> Arnie N6HC (and Bill W1HIJ behind the scenes) for letting me operate his 
> station and nervously twiddle the amp knobs back in 1997 for a WPX --  
> although propagation sucked and Arnie mowed the lawn noisily while I was 
> operating :o) -- when my own shack was an unfiltered and unamplified 
> FT-840 and a vertical.
>
>
>
> Even at my station level, a 1000MP, a 20ft high 3-element beam and that 
> same vertical, and now a 600 watt amp, I have tried to pass that along and 
> hosted a few contests for members of my small local radio club. And one of 
> them returned the favor recently by teaching me a few tricks on PSK31 
> which he operates in contests with a small vertical and an FT-897.
>
>
>
> While I'm at it, I feel remiss that I haven't said anything for a long 
> time about how reading some of the more enthusiastic and good news club 
> posts, like the ones below, always make me feel a little more upbeat.
>
>
>
> Fred KI6QDH passed the 100 CW contacts mark in the 10m contest, exceeding 
> his expectations and warming the hearts of all us CW guys.
>
>
>
> There was similar good news from Bob NC6Q for his first time with over 200 
> CW contacts in a contest. And for using the rain gutters to work 160m for 
> the first time. Excellent stuff.
>
>
>
> John WA6L had what sounds like his best QRP 10m contest.
>
>
>
> And I always like to hear from Vic about Meko and Sparky, who remind me of 
> my own sorely missed multi-op crew.
>
>
>
> Happy Holidays to all - and I hope to log some of you in the RAC Winter 
> this weekend -
>
>
>
> John kq6es
> _______________________________________________
> SCCC mailing list
> SCCC at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/sccc