Hi Bob,
I assume you find this mostly on 20 meters. Have you
tried running more on 15 and 10 meters, at least
during the day and early evening when they are open?
I have done a few contests recently as a single band
10 meter entry, and had alot of fun at it. I will
occassionally go to other bands to see if there is
something I need there, but there is plenty of room in
the 10 meter phone band. The other nice thing is that
by 8pm or so it is family time, except if you get a
nice Eskip opening like we have had in the past couple
of 10 meter contests.
73s John NE0P
--- Jim Smith <jimsmith@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> You're right, SSB contesting is tough with a modest
> station, and
> therefore not that much fun. One can have a lot
> more success with CW.
> You can get quite a few CW stations in the bandwidth
> occupied by an SSB
> station. I usually don't have any trouble finding a
> run frequency and
> keeping it in CW with my 100-150W and a 37 yr old
> tri-bander.
> Admittedly, I don't have the same number of close-by
> super stations that
> you do.
>
> CW also simply gets through better, giving you more
> range. The simple
> equation is that CW provides more fun for folks like
> you and me.
>
> I see RTTY as a middle ground between the two.
> Easier to do if you
> don't know CW.
>
> 73 and I hope you find a way to join in the fun.
>
> de Jim Smith VE7FO
>
> BDaniels01@aol.com wrote:
>
> >Hello All:
> >
> >I've been following the discussion on the list
> regarding "Stimulating
> >Participation" in contesting with some interest.
> >
> >I'm one of those casual operators that many of the
> "Real" contesters seem to
> >want to attract. My station is a single transmitter
> (about 100 watts out) to a
> >ground mounted vertical. That's all I can manage to
> put on the air for now.
> >
> >I love to get in there and see what I can do. Like
> many of you have already
> >mentioned I have no real intention of turning in a
> log. I'm just trying to work
> >a new one here and there.
> >
> >My biggest turn-off to contesting hasn't been
> mentioned yet, so I thought I
> >would say it and then take the flames.
> >
> >There are so many Super stations on during the big
> contests that there is
> >literally no room (band space) for the little guys.
> What I hear from Southwest
> >Michigan during any given big contest is the same
> "BIG" U.S. Stations running
> >shoulder to shoulder about 2 khz apart from the
> bottom of the band to the top
> >of the band for most of the contest (There are a
> few "BIG" DX Stations mixed in
> >as well). There is no way a station as small as
> mine can establish a run
> >freq. So of course I S/P. The "BIG" stations are
> usually worked in short order.
> >After an extended period of listening to the same
> BIG stations calling CQ over
> >and over and fighting with other BIG stations to
> maintain their run freq, I get
> >bored and go find something else to do. I may come
> back from time to time to
> >see if anyone new is calling CQ. Its only during
> the last hour or two of a
> >contest that this Wall seems to break down and then
> I get my chance to work the
> >DX.
> >
> >Before I get flamed too bad, remember I don't claim
> to be a hardcore
> >contester. This just happens to be my reason for
> not really getting into it.
> >
> >Bob K8KWT
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