Sometimes.
Other times it was hard to get heard. When that happened, it was better to run
off and chase some other station and then come back when the pile had settled a
bit.
It was satisfying to occasionally beat out K3LR or W3LPL or other big M/M or
SOA stations. I found that finesse was more important that brute strength.
> On Aug 25, 2021, at 2:59 PM, ktfrog007@aol.com wrote:
>
> Well, there are other similarly equipped stations out there competing with
> you.
>
>
> I'll bet you don't have to wait in line too long.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Ken, AB1J
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
> To: Ben Coleman NJ8J <nj8j@benshome.net>
> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 25, 2021 4:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Past Prediction of the Future of Contesting.
>
> That was always my experience, even at the well-equipped station of NQ4I
> running full legal power and great antennas. You don’t always break through
> the pileups first.
>
>> On Aug 24, 2021, at 5:56 PM, Ben Coleman NJ8J <nj8j@benshome.net> wrote:
>>
>> Given that there's going to be many people with the same idea in mind, I
>> question that you can depend on 'knocking off stations instantly'. You may
>> very well click on the band map and find you're fighting to compete with a
>> pileup of stations trying to do the same thing you are. And if you're a
>> little pistol, you can find yourself clicking from pileup to pileup that you
>> can't easily break.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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