https://www.n2oef.com/tags/not-contesting/Recent content in Not-Contesting on N2OEFHugoenThu, 18 Jun 2026 20:55:29 +0000https://www.n2oef.com/posts/2026-06-18-field-day-2026-prep/Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:55:29 +0000https://www.n2oef.com/posts/2026-06-18-field-day-2026-prep/<h2 id="contesting">Contesting</h2> <p>I absolutely love contesting! I&rsquo;ve always loved the thrill of pile ups and just working through the pile up. Reality is, it&rsquo;s not always like that. In fact, a large portion of the ham population may have never experienced that. POTA aside, I&rsquo;m still itching to get into some contest.</p> <h2 id="my-real-goal-has-always-been-cw-contesting">My <em>real</em> goal has always been CW contesting&hellip;</h2> <p>This is something I watched for many years growing up around my ham radio clubs. Operators that were true masters of the art of CW. It&rsquo;s always been a fascination and I&rsquo;d spent much time watching these operators sit and work station after station at 30 word per minutes, like they were just talking&hellip;. oh and they were talking to other people sitting around them. It was like it was completely nature.</p>