On Nov 18, 2007 11:36 PM, Scott Straw <scottstraw at mindspring.com> wrote:
> It was a contest that really appealed to my inner-masochist.
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> Thanks to all who worked me, especially those that took the extra effort to
> pull my puny signal out of the mud. To those of you who said, "too bad, so
> sad, try again later," just how much later? When I'm flush with mono-band
> beams? I'm trying just as hard or harder to reach my goal of 60 as you are
> to reach your goal of 1600. Next contest, lose the cavalier attitude or get
> better hearing aids.
That's part of the masochism.
"Later" is just that: later. QRM changes. QRN changes. Propagation
changes. Any one of which may allow a QSO in 15 minutes that is
impossible at present. If you're PW, that goes with the territory...I
know, I've been on both sides of the equation.
73 de Lee
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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
"Have Dobro Will Travel"
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