"Dave Heil" wrote in message
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Dee Flint wrote:
"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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Why do I contest? To improve my score by improving my station and
myself.

Its as simple as that.

Have a good day

PS; I worked a bunch of sporadic skip yesterday on six meters in the
June
VHF contest.....with 8 watts and a 3 ele yagi at 20'.

It's all a matter of perspective.

Dan/W4NTI




I and the OM also worked some of the VHF contest and noticed a very
strange
thing. Only 10% of the contacts that we made were Technician operators.
On
the other hand, 80% of them were Extra class operators. So where are
all
the Techs who are "trapped" in VHF and above because they "can't" pass
the
code (as some would have us believe)?

Oh, they're still trapped on VHF, Dee. Most of 'em are so trapped that
they know only one mode--FM and do all of their operating via repeaters.

Dave K8MN


Hello, Dave

Yep, I'm only on 10 and 440. On 10 meters, I use SSB (one FM contact) as
the thing has no provision for CW. On 440 I stay on FM. One guy was
really talking up the need for CW so I did, with the repeater owner's
permission, change to MCW. 40 words per. No problem.



73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA