Uncomplicated Contesting: Nate N4YDU and the Contest Crew

[@w4mps1964]

Nate is not only a world class operator, he is also one of the nicest, most unpretentious gentlemen you’ll ever meet. 73, Marc, W4MPS

[@howardhoyt6647]

Nate is one of a kind, he is the most multitasking human I have met!

[@adyg6ad73]

I bet if you cut Nate in half it would say Ham Radio through his middle 😝 Making the most of what you have, constantly working to improve yourself and your station and endless enthusiasm… what an inspiration!

[@k5tr]

Great to see Nate on here. I enjoyed listening

[@frednassar1624]

The magic of connecting with someone through the ether never gets old. Working someone you know in a contest is special. 73 Fred KE4Q

[@k9eihamradio]

Kevin, thanks for having Nate on the show. His mast ideas are something I think I am going to try for my small lot.

[@mxmike5]

From a couple of kids I drove around at Dayton, to world class operators with the enthusiasm to carry the torch...Great job guys, proud to know you both! k5nz

[@sparty837]

As a relatively new contester one recommendation for improvement is for contest (low hanging fruit) to report the scores in a method that you can easily sort and do comparisons with. For someone in the bottom 40%, it really is difficult to compare your score with others.

[@RSwrightMD]

Compare your score to your prior scores year over year - better than comparing with others

[@Kid27085]

As was said above. Your first comparison should be against yourself and prior year efforts. Secondly compare your efforts against others who you know are similar in terms of geography, station size and perhaps operating hours.. After those, then you compare against the rest of the world. But most importantly, have fun

[@howardhoyt6647]

@@Kid27085 When I have limited time to participate in a contest, I turn the contest into seeing how quickly I can make 100 Qs per band or some other quick goal. It is pretty fun and my wife appreciates the increased availability around the farm...! Sure my overall score is not comparable to others with 12 hours to spend, but I have just as much or more fun as when I can work the whole contest.

[@sparty837]

Studies (back to Darwin) show that people are hardwired to compete against one another. I bet everyone watching these videos compares their score against someone else, even when you are terrible at it like me. If you want to know if you are improving, you need to isolate the skill or equipment you are testing because of propagation, weather and other factors can influence results, contests are a terrible way to test anything. @@RSwrightMD