I got mine the day before the contest. We had one of the Grand
kids, so I didn't get to crack it open until nearly 11PM. As I sleepily
read through, I found the schedule, clearly showing a start time of 8AM.
Half asleep, I promptly got up and reset the alarm for 7A. The next
morning, I got up and had coffee and breakfast, but felt something just
wasn't right. About 35 minutes after waking, it suddenly dawned on me - the
schedule was in EDST, while I am in CDST. A rookie mistake, which
re-enforces the advice - don't make changes the day of (or night before) a
contest, especially when not fully awake. I missed about 45 minutes of what
turned out to be a great 15 and 20 meter opening to EU. Still, the opening
was good enough, and maybe the adrenaline rush from being late helped, that
I topped my previous best by 25%.
I thought the bios were nice, personalizing the competitors. The
articles were well written and informative. While IARU/WRTC is already one
of my favorite contests, the magazine helped build a sense of urgency and
camaraderie, making me want to participate even more. Congrats to all the
competitors.
73,
Mark, K5ER
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On 7/21/2014 10:06 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
Hello Ron:
My July/August NCJ WRTC2014 issue arrived 8 days before the contest started
- via first class mail. Quite a difference in delivery time for WPA QTHs.
It is a shame your mailman decided to read your issue before he delivered it
to you :-)
WRTC2014 was an awesome event!
73,
Tim K3LR
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Notarius W3WN
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:54 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] July/August NCJ
Have to admit, the July/August issue of the National Contest Journal, a
"Special WRTC 2015 Commemorative Edition", is really something.
Biographies on the competitors and referees.
Antenna design
Schedule of Events.
A Great Circle map centered on the WRTC locations.
Real-time scoreboard information, so you can follow along at home.
Participation Awards check-list to be used while operating.
Great issue.
Of course, it would have been a lot more useful if it had arrived before the
event. Not 8 days after the event ended.
Too bad all that hard work on this special issue went for naught.
73, ron w3wn
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