On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 08:53:44AM -0500, Mike (KA5CVH) Urich wrote:
>
> I would too however, all we need to do is have more people go turn the
> radios on and .... "get on the air".
It seems to me that the above issue is not something that will not
likely be solved by allowing any number of outside assistance.
If you want to get people on the radio (or in the chat room etc) for a
contest you have to promote the contest. You need to talk it up. You
need to sell it. This has been done in the Dallas Texas area for the
UHF contest and it had a huge impact on activity.
It is a lot of work.
But it can be done and it can pay off.
The other thing that I find helps contest scores is to make noise.
You need to call a lot of CQs. You need to move your antennas around.
If you just listen and others just listen you will not make many (any)
contacts. As a rover or mobile station the thing that I always did
was call a lot of CQs while I was driving. Either with a memory keyer
that I would punch the CQ button every so often or with my voice on
SSB.
The two big secrets to making better contest scores are:
- Call CQ
- Stay in the chair
--
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii@kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
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