[ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year

[Jarrod Cook]

Thoughts from someone who does SSB only:

Maybe it's just me, but I see conflicting suggestions here.  On one had
we're trying to get newer hams/more hams to participate in the contest, but
at the same time claiming CW is the way to go.  The fact is many newer hams
(and some who have been around a while) are not proficient enough in CW to
use it for contesting.  This is the only negative to ILQP in my opinion.  I
love setting up portable operations and playing in the contest, but most of
the action and rare counties are only CW.  After the first few hours rates
slow down and new SSB counties are hard to find.  Every year there is more
CW and less SSB activity.

Maybe my/our situation is unique because we usually set up portable as sort
of an emergency communications drill with the goal of talking to as many IL
counties as we can.  It gets tiresome working the limited IL SSB stations
and then hearing out of state callers the rest of the contest (no offense to
you guys, though!).

If you want to hear a lot of new folks on the air (especially newer no-code
Generals), they need people to talk to! :-)

Not trying to turn this into a CW vs. SSB debate, just making an
observation.

73,
Jarrod
WX9JC

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 1:59 PM, John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> --- On Fri, 8/27/10, James Funk <jfunk at fossnorthamerica.com> wrote:
>
> > We are all getting older.  Are there any "new" mobile
> > operators?  Many new hams do not operate CW, though
> > that's where the mobile contest opportunities are the best.
> >
> >
>
> Jim makes a good point here, and it is not just the mobile opportunities
> that are the best. With the exception of maybe the California QSO Party (and
> some small ones that have no real activity anywhere), almost every QSO party
> I have operated in the past few years has much more CW activity than SSB
> activity.  If you want to improve your contest score, the single best factor
> is to learn CW.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
>
>
>
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