The big secret to increasing your score in contests is
two-fold. Stay in the chair and call CQ. Your total and rates will
improve dramatically. I, like many who have wrote before, compete
with myself to see if I can improve. You are your best competition.
BTW - It's not really a secret.
If you worked N2WN, you worked a K2 ;o)
Talking about rates, I know several folks who can
maintain 300 QSOs per hour!!! I don't know about you,
but I sure can't type that fast ;o)
I consider myself a mid level contester and every
contest has it's tricks to make life easier. SS isn't
any
In my early days of contesting I would shy away from contests
having a serial number in the exchange. It was for me a big
time thing to fall behind in the numbers, really embarrassing.
But no more. As I entered Sweepstakes early Sunday
afternoon I found it interesting that ops would often ask
Is there anything in the rules that wouldn't allow one to start with a
high serial number, like 800 instead of 1 :-) ???
Joe-aa4nn wrote:
In my early days of contesting I would shy away from contests
having a serial number in the exchange. It was for me a big
time thing to fall behind in the
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From: Joe-aa4nn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IIRC, I was surprised to get such a low SN from AA4NN.
But then I noticed a number of stations on Sunday that had good big sigs
and yet were giving out low SNs.
I think they were playing the hot and fast game: Show up late in SS
Hi Guys,
I, like probably alot of you, have been doing some casual contesting
this weekend. Once again, I am amazed at how bad of a contester I am. It
isn't my rig or antenna. I have a K2/100 and a decent antenna. When I
call someone they almost always respond after the first call. My cw
Bob;
No, you're not that bad. You just need to put things in context. The
guys you are hearing, for the most part, are running lots of power
(far more than 100 watts) with substantial antenna systems. While you
(and I) go from frequency to frequency in a search and pounce
exercise, their
Bob:
You raise a question that I've thought a lot about. My experience of
contesting with a good 100 watt rig and a decent antenna is quite
similar to yours. Using a strict search and pounce strategy and
being very economical about the number of steps that I take for
logging (I do not use a
Bob
It's horses for courses (deliberate pun intended)... I've only entered
two contests and came second both times! My friend Tim, G4ARI, won on
both occasions. The contest was the RSGB low power contest
(http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/rqrp.shtml). We both ran
Elecraft K2/10
Hi Bob,
Contesting is one of the things I love to do that I'm
no good at...skiing is another and golfing's on the
list too.
Competing against yourself is excellent advice that
you've already received. There are a few other ways
to make contesting more fun:
- Join a contest club. You still
Bob,
Let's look at it in perspective
ANY contester in ANY contest will always be behind
unless he/she's the winner. This is an obvious fact.
I've been a high-scoring SS participant in the past, with
a Northwest Division first place one year, made a number
of DX-pedition trips and a
Bob,
Let's look at it in perspective
ANY contester in ANY contest will always be behind
unless he/she's the winner. This is an obvious fact.
I've been a high-scoring SS participant in the past, with
a Northwest Division first place one year, made a number
of DX-pedition trips and a
W1VE/VE1RM is the guy you're thinking of - www.w1ve.com and the realtime
scores site at www.getscores.org
72,
geoff - W1OH
Ken Alexander wrote:
Hi Bob,
Contesting is one of the things I love to do that I'm
no good at...skiing is another and golfing's on the
list too.
Competing against
In a message dated 11/4/07 11:48:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a K2/100 and a decent antenna.
With all due respect, what do you consider a decent antenna?
When I
call someone they almost always respond after the first call. My cw
skills are pretty good
Just for information CW Sweepstakes begins 2100 UTC
Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday, so Friday night should
be
realitivly sane...
cheers,
Julius
n2wn
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Plan to have my K2 (3311) running from the new QTH
this weekend. May run Q on 80/40/20, most of my
activity will be during the first half of the test.
Hope to work a bunch of you!
73,
Julius
n2wn
(WN2EOO in 1972)
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Don't forget 15 meters! It was very active this past weekend.
On Nov 3, 2005, at 6:40 AM, J F wrote:
Plan to have my K2 (3311) running from the new QTH
this weekend. May run Q on 80/40/20, most of my
activity will be during the first half of the test.
Hope to work a bunch of you!
73,
Julius
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Sweepstakes CW
Don't forget 15 meters! It was very active this past weekend.
On Nov 3, 2005, at 6:40 AM, J F wrote:
Plan to have my K2 (3311) running from the new
This will be the first time using my K2 during SS. It is my favorite
contest of the year..
I will be running QRP on 40, 20, and 15. Hope to work some of you.
Jason
N8XE
J F wrote:
Plan to have my K2 (3311) running from the new QTH
this weekend. May run Q on 80/40/20, most of my
activity
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