Greetings!
One thing that works for me (when I tire of the 'down and the bottom battle'
AND has
worked for new folks as well as casual types of 'want to see what's going on'
is to
look for space UP ABOVE the din.
I have found, personally, that on Sunday when folks are SEEKING contacts, they
will
search outside the normally prowled areas of the band where the hotbed of
activity is.
Have those folks go up above the prime area just a bit and try a few CQ's. They
might
have to be a bit diligent to find a spot.. but they are avaialble up the band.
20M MAYbe
the exception to this at times as it's limited by spectrum and other activities
that are
on there..but if you are a big gun/middle gun looking for Q's/mults.. you will
lookup
above the normal spots to snag those Q's.
Plus being just above the fray will let them play without diving into the deep
end of
the pool.
73
Chuck K3FT
>From J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com Mon Oct 14 00:11:37 2002
From: J. Allen" <jallen@internorth.com (J. Allen)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS ain't broken... Let's make a new one again ;o)
Message-ID: <001b01c2730d$e5f08730$c5096cd8@jallen>
I agree that SS is not broken and does not require the changes. Leave what
we have as it is.
It has been done before, but I like the exercise of the group designing a
perfect contest. Anything done in committee is almost always a laugh, with
the laughter directly proportional to the number of members in the
committee. With this big of a group, it would be a real hoot! ;o)
Remember that Tree has a good idea in Stew Perry (sp)... Make the distance
between stations a major factor in calculating the score.
The only change to SS I would like to see is not one that can be put in the
rules... Aim those darned antennas somewhere other than east and west and
give us northerners a break.
:o)
J.
VY1JA
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