Re: [CQ-Contest] 10-10

[Joe <nss@mwt.net>]

Bust be a really bad beam :-)

Joe WB9SBD
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On 10/27/2014 5:22 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
> Really. There are 40,000 people on the bands and I can't work anybody!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Joe
> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 7:00 PM
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 10-10
> >
> > Man-O-Man,
> > The anti contesting crowd was out in force on Facebook this time.
> >
> > The best comment I saw was.
> >
> > I just got done putting up my brand new 10 meter 4 element beam, And now
> > I can't get on because of the stinking contest!
> >
> > These people really do not have a clue do they?
> >
> > We NEED the webinar about how contesting is good for the hobby and how it
> > can make you a better operator.
> >
> > Joe WB9SBD
> > Sig
> > The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > Idle Tyme
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> > On 10/27/2014 12:30 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
> > > If "please copy" is the worst of our problems, I'd say we're in good
> > > shape.
> > >
> > > Copy?
> > >
> > > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> > >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: Tim Shoppa Sent: Monday, October 27,
> > > 2014 2:15 PM To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest]
> > > 10-10
> > > > It has seemed like the QRZ Contest in recent years.  This year it
> > > > seemed
> > > to be
> > > > the 73 Contest.  Surely 'thanks' is sufficient, given the length of
> > > > the Q
> > > and
> > > > the fact you haven't exchanged names?
> > > Decent contesting form seemed to rule this past weekend. I only heard
> > > "please copy" a couple of times.
> > >
> > > Admittedly since I wasn't working US stations, my sample may have been
> > > biased. Maybe the DX stations working the US stations heard all kinds
> > > of "please copy".
> > >
> > > I remember when I did a lot of Digital at Field Day this summer and
> > > there was a whole bunch of "please copy" in the digital exchanges! So
> > > maybe this is a US-ism.
> > >
> > > Tim N3QE
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