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Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC 2022 Stations - Why the silence?

To: Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WRTC 2022 Stations - Why the silence?
From: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:08:41 -0400
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In his interview Randy mentioned that really nobody had it perfect.
Probably correct.  Plenty of us have given interviews and presentations to
clubs and groups - the narrative on location has been pretty consistent
(although my fellow PVRC club member team seem to have gotten a pretty
cherry spot)....

73 Rich NN3W

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 8:45 AM Edward Sawyer <
EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com> wrote:

> I saw an interview that K5ZD did on not only his WRTC experience this
> month but also describing the variances of stations and problems that
> occurred.  I have to say that I am surprised by the silence on this forum
> about competitors' experiences after listening to Randy's interview.  Is
> there a reason for the silence?
>
> It sounds like some competitors, like Randy, had an airconditioned B and B
> and were fortunate to have no significant line noise.  Others were
> essentially in hot barns.  Others had varying amounts of line noise that
> caused one group to have to move the mast - antenna assembly Saturday
> morning after having given up on the site the day before and another was
> virtually wiped out by line noise for a number of hours when night
> activated lights came on.
>
> Since the last 3 WRTC were very solid in the "everyone is in the same
> situation" implementation, I guess I am surprised that no one has written
> about it here.
>
> Folks, we only learn from our experiences.  There is nothing gained by
> silence.
>
> Ed  N1UR
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