Gee, I hope this doesn't get forwarded too many times, but I'm
interested in the answers...so, here goes:
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To: 3830@contesting.com
From: Danny Eskenazi <k7ss@WOLFENET.com>
Subject: Sprint survey
(could someone please forward this to CQ-contest reflector, I tried and it
bounced)
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Inquiring minds want to know:
How many of the over 250Q scorers use computer for all functions of logging
and sending?
How many use the computer for logging, and send with paddle?
How many use two radios?
.....feel like im consistently dropping behind the pack, and want to know
what Im missing. Still doing it with one radio, paddle, and pencil.
Old dog, new tricks.......could be time.
Would be interested in a discussion on this one. My favorite contest.
Sorry to all those who had to endure my inconsistent use of callsign at the
beginning or end of the exchange. Tried to relearn 20 years of sending my
call at the end by programming one button for anwering folks who called me,
and one for those I called.....got all screwed up in the heat of the
battle...and found myself thinking..."let's see, I called him, so I send his
call and number
and push this button.....oops forgot to send my call.." Maybe the new
programs in TR etc do all this automatically.... "Thinking" sure screws up
the rhythm when its going hot and heavy..
73 de Danny K7SS
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Danny Eskenazi
k7ss@wolfenet.com
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>From 103111.2775@CompuServe.COM (Robert G. Chandler) Mon Feb 10 04:53:38 1997
From: 103111.2775@CompuServe.COM (Robert G. Chandler) (Robert G. Chandler)
Subject: Re. WPX CW-date move?
Message-ID: <970210045337_103111.2775_JHG79-1@CompuServe.COM>
Hello all!
Looks like the momentum is building to move the WPX CW to the last weekend in
April. Not only that, a major fleamarket in the Toronto area was moved to that
weekend...events are conspiring against me (hi). What can a guy do? Surrender
I guess!
The contest is phone-only this year...but next year the plan is for it to be
phone/CW so it couldn't possibly run the same weekend as the WPX CW.
We don't have a holiday here in Canada on the same weekend as Memorial Day
weekend. Our May holiday weekend (Victoria Day) is the weekend before. And I
guess if in 1998 we moved to the last weekend in May in 1998 it would possibly
lead to some U.S. stations picking up some extra multis on six meters via
sporadic-E skip. (Since this contest is HF & VHF/UHF). Who knows? Maybe some
tropo too since we tend to get tropo around the Great Lakes area at that time of
year.
The only drawback is if we have nice weather...we Canadians get so little of
it...if the temperature rises above 70 F we'd rather be outside knocking back a
few Molson's or Labatts and BBQing burgers than playing radio (hi). If we moved
it to that weekend I'd be praying for a freak snowstorm (hi).
If they moved the WPX SSB contest...hmmm...that would be better.
73 de Bob VE3SRE (someone who's obviously suffering from having seen to much
snow)
>From JEH@on.mobitel.telia.se (Jan-Erik Holm) Mon Feb 10 07:20:09 1997
From: JEH@on.mobitel.telia.se (Jan-Erik Holm) (Jan-Erik Holm)
Subject: Sweden an CW contesters
Message-ID: <D116IRX1KR7E*/R=A1/R=ROONA/U=JEH/@MHS.stoa.mobitel.telia.se>
Hello!
This just as bit of info. Sweden will lower the CW requirements for the HF
license
to only 5 wpm. It used to be 16 wpm and got lowerd to 12 when the CEPT deal
started a few years ago.
Now with only 5 wpm good CW SM contesters will be a very rare breed. Ham
radio sure is going downhill!
73 de Jim SM2EKM
>From timo.klimoff@ktm.vn.fi (Klimoff Timo) Mon Feb 10 08:01:36 1997
From: timo.klimoff@ktm.vn.fi (Klimoff Timo) (Klimoff Timo)
Subject: Sweden an CW contesters
Message-ID: <9702101001.aa36@ktmtiimi1.ktm.vn.fi>
Jan-Erik Holm:
>
>Hello!
>
>This just as bit of info. Sweden will lower the CW requirements for the HF
>license
>to only 5 wpm. It used to be 16 wpm and got lowerd to 12 when the CEPT deal
>started a few years ago.
>Now with only 5 wpm good CW SM contesters will be a very rare breed. Ham
>radio sure is going downhill!
>
>73 de Jim SM2EKM
>
In Finland passing novice test requires 8 wpm. Anyhow, I think every
contester has work some OHs on CW!
73 de Timo OH1NOA
Contest Club Finland
email: timo.klimoff@ktm.vn.fi
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