[VHFcontesting] To submit or not to submit

[David Olean]

Hi Doug,

I feel your pain. I am starting to see the same issues. Most of it is 
dealing with computers and digital modes. When you stack that on top of 
trying to copy a weak station and then be thinking of the three people 
who want skeds on different bands right after, it can befuddle an old 
geezer pretty quick.  I have slowed down the participation in hopes of 
keeping track of what I am doing. I stay off six meters for that reason. 
I have a 3CX3000A7 amp and four seven element yagis on a hilltop. It 
works  much better than I can take care of!! I send in a small score (if 
I remember!!) heh heh

Dave K1WHS

On 1/26/2024 8:13 AM, Doug Allen wrote:
> For many decades starting in the 1950s I submitted my VHF (and HF) contest
> results to the ARRL. I also reported my results on 3830 kHz back in the
> days, and on the 3830 web site since then. For some 30 years, I often had
> competitive, top 10, VHF (and HF) results as W2CRS, W0AH, and K4LY.
> I'm now age 83, and for the past ten years, I've not had the energy,
> motivation, and concentration to operate the necessary hours to be
> competitive despite probably still having a competitive station.  More
> troubling than that, for me, is the realization that I make more logging
> mistakes than when I was younger.  I don't know how long the following
> contest rule has existed-
> *"Contacts with call sign errors ("Busted") or that are not found in the
> corresponding log ("NIL") are removed from the log and an additional
> scoring penalty of the QSO point value of that contact is assessed."*
> I think the rule, and computer error checking, are fine, but they have
> eliminated my submissions because I don't want others to be penalized by my
> mistake of not logging them.  With 8 VHF+ bands, three modes, 3 chat pages,
> 2 computers, 2 rotators, and one failing briain (poor hearing, eyesight,
> and memory), I  wish I were confident in my logging ability, but those days
> are over, and so too, I guess, the submitting of contest results to the
> ARRL.  I really appreciate the chance to submit my scores to the 3830 site
> and see how others have done.
> Doug K4LY EM85wb
> Inman, SC
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