Fw: OT [Elecraft] Sweepstakes

[Ed K1EP]

The big "secret" to increasing your score in contests is 
two-fold.  Stay in the chair and call CQ.  Your total and rates will 
improve dramatically.  I, like many who have wrote before, compete 
with myself to see if I can improve.  You are your best competition.

BTW - It's not really a secret.  :)


At 11/4/2007 06:46 PM, Ken Kopp wrote:
>Bob,
>
>Let's look at it in perspective ....
>
>ANY contester in ANY contest will always be behind
>unless he/she's the winner.  This is an obvious fact.
>
>I've been a high-scoring SS participant in the past, with a 
>Northwest Division first place one year, made a number of 
>DX-pedition trips and a was the 2nd place in the world in an ARRL CW 
>DX contest.
>
>Simply put, "contest" with yourself and ignore the rest of
>the pack.  You may be surprised at how well you do.  You're
>an hour into the contest and you hear someone with 100 Q's.
>Wow, how's he doing so well!  Check his count 24 hours later ... you 
>may be surprised.  I always have the print-out from the previous 
>contest at hand and check it from time-to-
>time to see how I'm doing.
>
>There are many tiny little things about winning contests that
>one does't learn overnight and too much to go into here.
>Sending "N" instead of "9" is an example ... 5NN.  Portions
>of seconds add up to minutes and more Q's.
>
>73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
>k0pp at acninc.net
>or
>k0pp at arrl.net