[ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year

[David Bunte]

Jarrod -

You make a valid point... it is going to be easier for many to get involved, and get a taste of contesting as phone only ops... and many of them may never choose to try cw contesting... but when N9FN & I have done QSO parties from IL, MI, OH & IN it seems to me that we have NEVER run out of phone stations to work.  We do both modes to maximize our score.  I know some mobiles prefer cw because they may have a hard time being heard... and even harder to make themselves heard on phone.

I don't know what the balance of phone vs. cw operations is in ILQP etc... but we are happy for all we can get... on both modes.

73 and good luck,

-Dave-
-K9FN-

> From: cook.jarrod at gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:14:42 -0500
> To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] KJ9C a no-show this year
> 
> 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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