I worked a few PR stations. They are there.
More the challenge. But yes, they have more important things to worry
about than a silly contest.
Ria
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:54 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is a very good point. I didn't hear Puerto Rico on at all for the
> CQWW which I thought was unusual. I had forgotten all they had been
> through these past few months. Only worked one Virgin Islands-NP2N.
>
> Now Zone 33 was as well represented as I have ever seen in a contest-I
> worked 3 stations from Morocco, 2 from the Maderia Islands, and 1 from the
> Canaries, and heard another EA8 I wasn't able to get.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Scott,
>>
>>
>> I don't know the answer, but I'm willing to wager that said streak(s) may
>> be in some real danger this year.
>>
>>
>> I did hear a few PR & USVI stations on during the CQ WW (and I do mean "a
>> few", 2 from PR and only 1 from VI) in the short time I was on. All things
>> considered, I wouldn't expect a lot of stations to return in time for SS
>> this year; most of the hams there have bigger issues to deal with right now.
>>
>>
>> And the few that do manage to be on are going to be REAL popular.
>>
>>
>> Should prove... to be interesting...
>>
>>
>> 73, ron W3WN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Scott Jasper - NE9U <skjasper@att.net>
>> To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Oct 31, 2017 2:50 pm
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] (no subject)
>>
>> Does anyone have a list, official or unofficial, of the longest running
>> sweepstakes sweep streak?Scott Jasper - NE9USent from Republic Wireless
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