That's even better ! I didn't really know about the antenna overlay until I
read the Sweepstakes rules. I assumed it was only for SS. Thanks for the update
Bruce..JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Bruce Horn <bhorn@hornucopia.com> Date:
11/6/23 2:23 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com>,
cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Overlay Categories
The ARRL's limited antenna overlay will be available for all HF contests.73 de
Bruce, WA7BNM ----- Original Message -----From: "Jeff Clarke"
<ku8e@ku8e.com>To: "CQ-Contest@contesting.com" <cq-contest@contesting.com>Sent:
Monday, November 6, 2023 10:11:03 AMSubject: [CQ-Contest] ARRL SS Overlay
CategoriesI really liked the ARRL Sweepstakes Limited Antenna category that the
ARRL added. It's nice to see score comparisons to other stations using similar
wire antennas to mine. I was really surprised to see other guys that I always
assumed had a tower and beam antennas in that category. Many of them are pretty
loud in Georgia (especially if they're running an amplifier) so my advice is
don't give up on contesting if you only have wire antennas. You can still have
fun ! I'll probably never have a tower and beam antenna since I'm older now ,
don't climb towers anymore and retired. You're not going to win anything with
wire antennas compared to the big guns who always win which makes it easy to
just do a contest PT or casually. If I had something to shoot for maybe I would
spend more operating time in a contest from home.Kudos to the ARRL. It would be
nice if they added this overlay category to their other contests too. Maybe CQ
as well ?73's Jeff
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