[NLRS] Newbie Tips de KA0RYT

[Ronald Bergantzel via NLRS]

Hello Doug !! Welcome to the contesting realm here in Minnesota !! Well , just 'look around" on and somewhat near the advertised calling freqs of 144.200 and 50.125  - I always keep my vfo moving and make QSOs from 144.100 to 144.250 on 2 meters ..... 
Now to the Good , Bad and the Ugly of contesting in Minnesota - : when you get comfortable and have an optimized station , THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS that will intentionally intimidate you here as well as on the air ( including the contest spreadsheet ) . I have also  found that these individuals have intentionally left out of their logs the QSOs that I have had with them to create disparity with my own logs sent in ( it is called Log Checking Reports , occurring on multiple contests  !! ) ..... 
Doug , just get on and have fun - I will do some CQing on Saturday afternoon on 144.205  + / -  and will look for you in earnest ( you will hear me from up here in Milaca - EN35 ). 
As I close here , I have accepted the desperate childish  actions of the jealous few to be a compliment to the efficiency of my single yagi station ( If the offending stations want to email a formal apology , I wont send my Log Checking Report info regarding unsportsman like conduct  into the ARRL ).... 
73s !! Ron KA0RYT EN35ct 
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On Thu, 1/22/15, Douglas E Marsh <douglas.marsh1 at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [NLRS] Newbie Tips
 To: NLRS at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 10:11 AM
 
 
 
 I'm planning my first stab at a VHF contest this weekend.
 Any tips for a little pistol (okay maybe squirt gun is more
 like it)? I'd just like to give a few points away and have
 some fun. I've got an Icom IF-7000 so 100W on 6m, 50W on 2m
 and 35W on 70cm. I've got a G5RV on 6m up about 30ft
 horizontally polarized and a J-pole up about 25ft vertically
 polarized for 2m and 70cm.
 
 Your help is appreciated.
 
 73 de N8TUT Doug
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