Re: [CQ-Contest] Observations of a Young Ham

[Joe <nss@mwt.net>]

I would do a LOT more spotting when just even casual giving away points 
in a test. but running a non computer connected rig, make it a bit too 
hard to do it for every contact that my be begging for contacts.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 12/19/2016 10:35 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> Pierre,
>
> Are you not getting spotted on CW or SSB or both.
>
> I have noticed that people are far more reluctant to spot on SSB. 
> Maybe we have just got lazy because RBN spots pretty much everything 
> on CW for us.  You know you can test your signals and look on the RBN 
> to see what nodes heard you.  I use this to test new antennas and 
> compare the results as best I can.
> Your story and what you can or cannot put up is a common story and  is 
> becoming more common.  Almost all new housing areas have HOA's or 
> restrictions, which makes if far more difficult for hams to find ham 
> radio property close to their office or area where they desire to 
> live.  Maybe we need to have more classes or create a class that is a 
> base system of a 100 watt radio and a vertical or dipoles no more than 
> 50 ft in the air or similar. Yes I know that CQ has an overlay.  In my 
> mind overlays are like a tie or kissing your system to use some 
> cliches.  Obviously the guy in Maine with the same setup is most 
> likely going to beat the same setup in Minnesota for CQ WW but maybe 
> not in NAQP or SS or some other non  DX contest.  We will never get to 
> a completely level playing field but how close can we get in non WRTC 
> events?
> W0MU
>
>
>
> On 12/19/2016 9:03 AM, Pierre Fogal wrote:
> > This has been a very interesting thread.
> >
> > I'm the father of 3, 17, 15, and 12.  My two sons ( 17 and 15) are both
> > "interested" in amateur radio.  It's in quotes because they are 
> > interested
> > when I ask if they are, and they kind of randomly make progress 
> > towards a
> > license.  The 15 yr old is a gamer, and one thing strikes me that I 
> > haven't
> > seen mentioned yet.  When he plays, he plays against people playing the
> > same game with the same equipment, whether a PS-4 or something else.  
> > Not
> > the case in a ham radio contest.  Mike (W0MU) described his station as
> > nothing special, but I would kill for a tower of any kind -- the XYL
> > forbids it.  That doesn't stop me, I still get on and play and 
> > occasionally
> > win a certificate for ONS low power SSB etc.   I also go really far 
> > north
> > and operate VY0ERC, but again, a minimal station - albeit for different
> > reasons. Either place, it is always a much different operating 
> > experience
> > for a 100 W into a vertical than it is for 1500W into a stack. When I
> > describe that to my sons, they get that puzzled look of, er, what's the
> > point of competing against that?
> >
> > To segue slightly into a parallel thread on packets/spotting. I'm not 
> > loud
> > and I rarely get spotted.  I can CQ for an hour and work 10-20 people 
> > and
> > not get spotted.  There are guys like VE3EJ not far away, who is likely
> > very loud, and I'll see him get spotted all the time.  Surely one of 
> > those
> > 10-20 is working assisted and I would have thought that working us 
> > little
> > pistols was advantageous once you've worked all the big guns?
> >
> > Either way, I'll be on for the next one ... and the one after that 
> > ... and
> > ...
> >
> > 73,
> > Pierre VE3KTB
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