Hi Willis You must have looked me up to see if I did any contests. Hi. I enjoy some of the contests but I still work sometimes 7 days a week and drive 2 hours to work so I am guilty of not rattling the trees myself at times. Sometimes if I am busy but close to the radio it is amazing how many ragchews I get just by accident by having the radio on but not searching. On to the contesters, I don't hear the same calls on a regular basis that I hear on the contests. Maybe they use special call signs for contests and their own for casual operating. The other thing I have noticed is the strange propagation where I seem to be the one in a hole with nobody else to hear me. Anyway, in a nutshell, Contesters rock and so do ragchewers. When I get to do cw fulltime (retire in 4.9 years I hope) I for one am going to do my part in keeping the band busy.
Werner N8BB -----Original Message----- From: WILLIS COOKE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:26 PM To: Denise&Werner Subject: Re: FW: [Elecraft] Call CQ! --- Denise&Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you don't believe that just listen to the bands > before and after a major > contest. > Sounds like night and day after the contest ends. > > Werner N8BB > By the way Werner, thanks for the contact in the ARRL 10 meter contest. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1335 - Release Date: 3/19/2008 9:54 AM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
