OT: [Elecraft] Sweepstakes

2007-11-05 Thread Goody K3NG
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

Re: Fw: OT [Elecraft] Sweepstakes

2007-11-05 Thread Ed K1EP
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.

Fw: OT [Elecraft] Sweepstakes

2007-11-04 Thread Ken Kopp
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 wa

Fw: OT [Elecraft] Sweepstakes

2007-11-04 Thread Ken Kopp
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 wa