Thanks for the inspiring words...I'm very slowly making some progress. David K5HEC.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 12, 2016, at 5:44 PM, NIzar Mullani via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > JP, > > I got started in contesting about four years ago when we, the BVARC club > members, challenged Big Al (XZ), that we could beat his score. (Actually, he > might have bragged that he could beat us all to get us fired up.) Well, we > did not succeed the first year, but from then on, we improved and we did beat > him eventually. > > Of course, we had about 16 members against 1. Not a very equitable situation > for him. But, he was OK with it since he wanted the non-contesters to get > involved. Several of the members did get involved and we got better. That is > why the Big Al challenge is no longer in place. > > Contesting makes you a better operator and makes you improve your station. > You get to learn very quickly that in order to get more QSOs in a contest, > you need a decent rig and a reasonable antenna. After that, the realization > hits you in the face – you need to become a better operator. > > There is nothing better than working some contests, or working Field Day, or > observing good operators, to show you what you need to do to become a more > efficient and a better operator. Once you see how to do it, the next part is > to just operate more contests and practice. > > It does not matter how many contacts you make. The main thing is to challenge > yourself to do better the next time. Learn, improve and get better. Then, > repeat that cycle again. > > Field Day is a great time to learn from the experts. We may try and implement > some programs where people can tag along with an expert and listen in on the > QSOs during operation. Of course, putting up antennas, tuning them and > getting the rigs ready is all a part of how to set up your rig. A valuable > hands-on lesson from the experts. > > If anyone cannot wait till Field Day, we have several operators who will be > glad to help a newbie get better. We can help with setting up antennas and > the software. That is what the Elmers are for in our hobby. > > Nizar K0NM > > From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JP Pritchard via > BVARC > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 4:09 PM > To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'; 'James Burrough' > Cc: JP Pritchard > Subject: Re: [BVARC] N5XZ ARRL 10-Meter Contest > > Same here. Also embarrassingly small. But thanks to John Chauvin K5IZO for > all his help in getting me started on this. An Elmer extraordinare! > > 73 JP Pritchard KG3JPP > > From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KC5RET KC5RET via > BVARC > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 4:02 PM > To: James Burrough; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB > Cc: KC5RET KC5RET > Subject: Re: [BVARC] N5XZ ARRL 10-Meter Contest > > James, > > Well put. I'll submit my logs, even though it is embarrassingly small. > > > 73, Rob, KC5RET > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 2:07 PM, James Burrough via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > Your contacts will get their points. > > There is another aspect to this. Not submitting a log means your > participation is not counted by the sponsoring organization. This may seem > trivial but your investment of the few minutes it takes to submit your log > means that the sponsoring organization knows of your participation and knows > you appreciate the hard work they do to put on these contests. Plus, it is > good practice for you for the times you might have a bigger log to report. > > > On Monday, December 12, 2016 11:49 AM, KC5RET KC5RET via BVARC > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Congrats to all the guys that made a bunch of contacts. > The SWR on 10m is at 3.1 to 1, (I tried the suggested tuning method, no luck) > but it still heard well and suppressed the background noise to almost nothing. > I was only able to make 11 contacts in 6 hours of operating. > My question is, if I don't submit my log, will the ops that contacted me > still get their points? > 73, Rob, KC5RET > > On Dec 11, 2016 6:54 PM, "Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC" <[email protected]> wrote: > > N5XZ ARRL 10-Meter Contest > > Call: N5XZ > Operator(s): N5XZ > Station: N5XZ > > Class: SO Mixed Unlimited HP > QTH: TX > Operating Time (hrs): 24 > > Summary: > Band QSOs Mults > ------------------- > CW: 445 83 > SSB: 550 82 > ------------------- > Total: 995 165 Total Score = 475,200 > > Club: Texas DX Society > > Comments: > > WOW! I expected conditions to be lousy, which they were. What I didn't expect > was to make almost 1000 QSO's and almost 500K points! This was far better than > I expected! Quite some time ago, I made just over 1000 QSO's when band > conditions were good. I didn't expect to make anywhere near that many. I had a > really great run on Saturday, with N1MM+ rate meter clocking in at 403 for 10 > minutes and the max rate tool showing 360/hour for 1 minute. Not bad for lousy > band conditions. Imagine if the conditions were good! I managed to work two > DL's, one EA8, one E51, a bunch of VK/ZL's and a slew of Central/South > America/Caribbean stations. Not bad for Texas in these conditions. This is the > first time I have done mixed mode for a long time, and it was for sure a lot > of > fun. > > Thanks as always to my wife for putting up with me this weekend. > > Rig: K3/P3 (I'll never go without a bandscope again!) > Amp: Alpha 78 @ 1500W out > Ant: 4-el SteppIR @ 75 ft > Int: microHAM micro KEYER II > S/W: N1MM+ > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > 1515 Windloch Lane > Richmond, Texas 77406-2553 > (281) 342-1882 (Home) > (713) 705-4801 (Cell) > > > ______________________________ _________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/ listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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