Yeah, that was SS. Then, when I moved the station to my home in NY, W1BGD/2.
Pete Chamalian, W1RM
W1RM@Comcast.net
From: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 8:28 PM
To: w1rm@comcast.net
Cc: CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories
You left out a call...
W1 Boy Girl Dog
73,
Steve, N2IC
On Sunday, December 3, 2023, <w1rm@comcast.net <mailto:w1rm@comcast.net> >
wrote:
> I know we have overlay categories for all sorts of things and that's great.
> But, I'd like to suggest just one more. For those of us who have been in
> the game for a very long time, it's hard to compete. Not impossible, mind
> you. K1ZZ has been at it for 60 years and he can hold with the very best.
> But, there are others who are in their sunset years who's getup and go has
> gotten up and went and yet we still get in and do the best we can.
>
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> My very first contest effort was in 1957 in the Novice Roundup as KN2UTV. I
> didn't do any more contesting until 1964 when I was working at ARRL HQ and
> Ellen White offered a trophy for the top HQ score in CW SS.
>
>
>
> Any thoughts about recognizing the real seniors in the game?
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> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>
> W1RM@Comcast.net <mailto:W1RM@Comcast.net>
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