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| NCCC Responds |
| After putting out a call for help Sunday on the NCCC Reflector I’ve had a good number of club members respond providing feedback, opinions and their past experiences. I have read the responses numerous times in order to get some idea on how I will proceed. Some of the ideas that were brought forth were:
Those were the options that took into consideration the $100 budget I placed on the project. I did receive one response, off the reflector that really got me thinking. “I think that in this day and age, operating skill, and the tricks that you can learn, are severely underestimated. The ability to think your way to a contact is an irreplaceable skill, and one that many op’s do not understand (or pay attention to).” This is something that I have started to do as it relates to each contest. I purchased N6BV’s propagation CD and use it prior to all contests now. Taking that information into account helps me decide on bands and possible conditions we will see during the contest. I also do much more preparation as it relates to my personal goals. Not that I have a full year of contesting under my belt I have some sort of baseline as to how I performed the prior year. Sometimes these numbers are not impressive, but it provides me with a starting point from which I can work. While I hope for a few other responses to come in, I am working on composing a follow up piece to the reflector to see if it stimulates any further discussion. Beyond that I think another worthy piece of information given was to get some of the “experts” over to give my two antennas a good shake down. |
| W6ONV on Monday 19 July 2010 - 16:20:23 | Read/Post Comment: 0 |
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