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[CQ-Contest] several contesting questions

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] several contesting questions
From: "Hanlon, Steve" <SHanlon@dnr.state.md.us>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:16:16 -0500
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my contesting research is progressing (at the expense of CW study) and i have a 
few questions that might cause a holy war.  

what makes a good contest radio? - ssb and cw modes are the one's i'm 
interested in.  i currently have an Icom 746PRO.  i understand several features 
of my rig are useful to contesting, but i don't think that the 746PRO is a 
"contesting" rig per se.  what makes a rig a "contesting" rig.  i'm looking to 
the future when i upgrade to SO2R for next year's SS.

i'm also at a loss on what frequencies are "in play" on a given band during a 
contest.  if it's a CW contest, is the entire band within one's license fair 
game?  since CW is allowed per the band plan on an entire band, why wouldn't it 
acceptable?  i understand that there are DX freqs that should be left alone, 
but while S&P'ing you come across someone calling CQ on the freqs, do you work 
them?

i'm trying to prevent bad habits before they have a chance to form and being a 
courteous operator is paramount to being a successfully contester in my eyes.  
i could splatter my signal all over creation, but eventually i would get my 
just desserts.  these are the things that i wish i had a local elmer to help me 
with.  it's difficult to understand my errors if i don't know i'm making them.  
and since i can't xmit on HF, i can only hear the QSO's of others as my guide.

-steve hanlon
KB3KAQ

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