Joe,
That's called the DXCC Award Program.
https://www.arrl.org/dxcc
73,
Bob W5OV
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+w5ov=arrl.org@contesting.com> On Behalf Of
Joe
Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2022 9:07 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Burnout
Over 70? Geez How about over 60 guys?
The days of doing any of the CQWW Contests 48 hours is LONG gone!
Geez I can't even do 24 hour ones anymore.
6 to 8 hour tests non-stop is about my limit now.
Myself I'd like to see a contest where strategy plays a major role in the
contest, not just pure stamina and or great stations. A contest where you get
rewarded by working the harder ones to work more than the easy contacts.
A contest where the understanding propagation, plays a major role.
A contest where it is not a marathon.
Joe WB9SBD
On 12/2/2022 9:23 PM, robert wa1fcn wrote:
>
> GE Pete
>
> Your post hit close to home. In the past 2 years I have begun to
> lose my
>
> desire to continue on. I have made over 500 Qso in 4 contest and
> just
>
> said ah I don't want to continue on. The last major contest I
> have won
>
> was in 2015. At least I am trying to hang in there for the mid
> level contest.
>
> If there is a way to combat this I would like to know it also.
> Maybe a contest
>
> just for us over 70 guys.
>
> 73 BoB WA1FCN
>
>
> On 12/2/2022 5:21 PM, w1rm@comcast.net wrote:
>> I would like to have a serious discussion regarding contest burnout.
>> I'm not interested in nasty or snide comments but rather a real
>> discussion on those, like me, who are suffering from it and have
>> overcome it.
>>
>>
>> I have been a serious contester since the late 1960s. I am a CW guy and
>> have won CQWW, ARRL DX, and a bunch of others. I have been a regular
>> participant in many of the majors for a very long time and have a
>> wall full
>> of plaques for my efforts.
>>
>>
>> After 66 years of contesting, I'm faced with ben there, done that.
>> At 80
>> years old, I am not going to win anything, and I know it. I don't
>> have the
>> stamina. My station used to be very competitive, and it still is, but I
>> don't do SO2R, I only have one beam/antenna per band. I do have
>> top-grade
>> gear, though.
>>
>>
>> So, I would appreciate some honest thoughts about how to combat contest
>> burnout.
>>
>>
>>
>> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>>
>> W1RM@Comcast.net
>>
>>
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