"Dave Bushong" wrote in message
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If you are trying to learn anything (CW or anything else), if you think
you will hate it, you will. Use positive self-talk (again, CW included,
but this works for anything you are trying to do): if you say "I am going
to enjoy this", you probably will! Or even "I can do this!" or "No one
can stop me from reaching this goal."

Next contest (if you are into contests), tell yourself "I will make 200
QSOs tonight. I can do it. I've been in contests before, and I know I
can do this."


For a first timer, I'd put the number a little bit lower. Perhaps 100 on
voice or 50 on CW. That way the person doesn't have to try to run the full
contest and doesn't get burned out from the effort.

I have found that I actually do better in the CW contests than voice even
though my CW skills are rather modest. My personal all time best was on CW
and was double the number of contacts from similar contests on voice.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE