[SECC] CQWW WPX SSB

Mon Mar 23 23:07:01 EDT 2015

Oh my, here we go. Can you believe, Kevan playing the "poor ole' country  
boy " card. What was it that the spider said to the fly? If you want to play  
that little WPX  game…come on in. Don't mind that WPX plaque on the  wall. 
And hey, that new horizontal loop antenna only has 2 QSO's on it so who  
knows if it's really any good?

And don't believe that silly talk about  working assisted might give you 
some edge, everyone knows that WPX is nothing  but a rate contest.  Now Kevin 
does have a mighty fine Pedegree, what with  the "The Judge", and "Drubber, 
The Contest Monster",  Hard to beat that  combination. However, Kevin if you 
must know, my "original" Contest Elmer is  and continues to be the "Da 
Judge". No way he's gonna  lose in this  competition.  And the last time that 
the Drubber and I went sort of  head-to-head was in the 2014 ARRL DX Contest, 
I had 2,069,949 points while  John had a measly 2,021,370; that's a 2.3 
percent difference you  see.. 

Now I never really learned much from Jim, VE7ZO because I was  just so in 
awe of watching and listening him run 40m that I forgot what I was  supposed 
to do. But he would let me be a 40m daytime op, so I did  learn how to call 
CQ. 

Now in the spirit of ham friendship, here's a few tips. On Friday night  
start on 80m and then go to 10m about 9:30 to !0 pm. Sleep in on Saturday, 
since  we're running low power; that will give the big guns time to whittle 
down the  pile. Start out on 40m and if you see the 9N spotted, spend an hour 
or so  working the pile giving out only your last two of your call. Never, 
never usea  keyer. Most importantly, take some time to get up and stretch, eat 
a snack and  catch some NCAA action.  That way you'll come back to the QRM  
refreshed.

Sounds like a fun weekend coming up - too bad John's in  Arizona. Miss you 
Drubber.  Come on everyone get on the air and let  loose!

Good hunting Kevan - Jere

In a message dated 3/23/2015 7:57:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
knason00 at gmail.com writes:

I pretty much ran unassisted for all those years because I didn't have  
internet out here in the boonies and didn't have a choice. Now I figure it  
gives me the best chance for wall paper.

All, Jere and I have had similar stations, we aren't far apart, and we've  
had some great close finishes over the years. His station has generally been 
a  bit better, but I had that rarer SC mult.

Here's the situation for this upcoming weekend. I used to have an NS4  call 
and now I don't, but he's got a KT4 call giving him the  edge. He's just 
added a few more dB by stealing my secret weapon - a  520 ft loop. Well, his 
is 480 ft, but what's 40 ft among rivals?. He has more  assisted experience 
from his home station than I have had from mine. His 70 ft  tower is 20 ft 
taller than mine. My rarer SC mult doesn't count in the WPX.  Sounds to me 
like he is trying to take advantage of this poor ole'  country boy who's just 
trying to get along.

But I've had some studying time operating near some great contest  masters. 
People like "'The Judge", K4BAI and "Drubber, The Contest  Monster", W4IX, 
and the near mythical Jim, VE7ZO. They would sometimes  actually deign to 
let me watch over their shoulder now and then. Only  rarely would they give up 
the mike or key to this lowly young'un,  but something just had to have 
worn off and stuck to this ignorant  wanna be contester.

So with that in mind -- Sharpen up your keyboard Jere because I  accept 
your challenge! Assisted it is! 

As a disclaimer... don't blame any of the above mentioned contest  masters 
should their tutelage have gone astray and I somehow <gasp>  lose. It 
wouldn't be their fault. I accept full responsibility for my own  score. I live 
and die by my very own "Roger Roger Roger" finding its way  through an S9 
noise level using my measly 100 watts and wouldn't dream of  blaming them. 
(Except maybe I could blame Jere for taking unfair  advantage. Yeah, that sounds 
better than accepting the blame all by  myself.)

Anyone else care to yell into their K3 keyer loud enough to join us like  
Dennis is threatening to do?

Kevan
N4XL

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Jere <_kt4zb at aol.com_ 
(mailto:kt4zb at aol.com) > wrote:

Hi all - I plan to do WPX full-time again this year. And,  I am glad to see 
that Kevan is going to be on too. He is super competition  in low-power so 
I'm looking forward to the challenge. Kevin, do you want to  go head-to-head 
this year? I normally run assisted and I know that you  normally run 
unassisted, so if you'd like to do it straight up I'm ready to  go. Just pick a 
category. Also, there isn't anyway in the world I'm going to  "school you" 
about anything when it comes to running a low power  station.

The new antennas are up we finished the big loop on Saturday  and some of 
the other stuff also. Check your inbox for a description of the  loop.

cu on the bands - Jere

Sent from my iPhone

>  On Mar 23, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Kevan Nason <_knason00 at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:knason00 at gmail.com) > wrote:
>
> Anyone else  playing?  Jere, Did you get your antennas up? I'll be 
working from home  this year. It would be good to try my luck against you again. 
Although if  you now have better low band antennas you'll likely "school me" 
in how its  done being where we are in the sunspot cycle as I'm stronger in 
the higher  bands.
>
> Kevan
> N4XL
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