Are you guys doing LP assisted or HP
I'll be on assisted HP look forward to working you all...
Paul NN4F
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Paul Jones
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> On Mar 23, 2015, at 19:57, Kevan Nason <knason00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I pretty much ran unassisted for all those years because I didn't have
> internet out here in the boonies and didn't have a choice. Now I figure it
> gives me the best chance for wall paper.
>
> All, Jere and I have had similar stations, we aren't far apart, and we've had
> some great close finishes over the years. His station has generally been a
> bit better, but I had that rarer SC mult.
>
> Here's the situation for this upcoming weekend. I used to have an NS4 call
> and now I don't, but he's got a KT4 call giving him the edge. He's just added
> a few more dB by stealing my secret weapon - a 520 ft loop. Well, his is 480
> ft, but what's 40 ft among rivals?. He has more assisted experience from his
> home station than I have had from mine. His 70 ft tower is 20 ft taller than
> mine. My rarer SC mult doesn't count in the WPX. Sounds to me like he is
> trying to take advantage of this poor ole' country boy who's just trying to
> get along.
>
> But I've had some studying time operating near some great contest masters.
> People like "'The Judge", K4BAI and "Drubber, The Contest Monster", W4IX, and
> the near mythical Jim, VE7ZO. They would sometimes actually deign to let me
> watch over their shoulder now and then. Only rarely would they give up the
> mike or key to this lowly young'un, but something just had to have worn off
> and stuck to this ignorant wanna be contester.
>
> So with that in mind -- Sharpen up your keyboard Jere because I accept your
> challenge! Assisted it is!
>
> As a disclaimer... don't blame any of the above mentioned contest masters
> should their tutelage have gone astray and I somehow <gasp> lose. It wouldn't
> be their fault. I accept full responsibility for my own score. I live and die
> by my very own "Roger Roger Roger" finding its way through an S9 noise level
> using my measly 100 watts and wouldn't dream of blaming them. (Except maybe I
> could blame Jere for taking unfair advantage. Yeah, that sounds better than
> accepting the blame all by myself.)
>
> Anyone else care to yell into their K3 keyer loud enough to join us like
> Dennis is threatening to do?
>
> Kevan
> N4XL
>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Jere <kt4zb at aol.com> wrote:
>> Hi all - I plan to do WPX full-time again this year. And, I am glad to see
>> that Kevan is going to be on too. He is super competition in low-power so
>> I'm looking forward to the challenge. Kevin, do you want to go head-to-head
>> this year? I normally run assisted and I know that you normally run
>> unassisted, so if you'd like to do it straight up I'm ready to go. Just pick
>> a category. Also, there isn't anyway in the world I'm going to "school you"
>> about anything when it comes to running a low power station.
>>
>> The new antennas are up we finished the big loop on Saturday and some of the
>> other stuff also. Check your inbox for a description of the loop.
>>
>> cu on the bands - Jere
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Mar 23, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Kevan Nason <knason00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Anyone else playing? Jere, Did you get your antennas up? I'll be working
>> > from home this year. It would be good to try my luck against you again.
>> > Although if you now have better low band antennas you'll likely "school
>> > me" in how its done being where we are in the sunspot cycle as I'm
>> > stronger in the higher bands.
>> >
>> > Kevan
>> > N4XL
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