Since time plays no role in any awards in CQWW, I doubt anyone would
call you just to affect the clock.
I'm sure they either needed your zone for 80m (zone 3 is often highly
sought-after on the low bands by us East Coast types - especially late
in the contest when we realize that we haven't worked one yet) or they
were non-contesters "just trying to help" by giving you a contact.
Mike N2MG
The following message was sent by w7dra@juno.com on Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:06:13
-0800.
> i know a .CBR file does not keep track of operating time, during the
> latter part of the CQWW, my "CW TEST" was answered by several US hams. i
> wonder if this was to keep up their operating rate, since i would guess
> CQ has to determine a verifiable operating time from the operator's .CBR
> file for scoring purposes
>
> in a contest like CQWW doing a SOSB 80m LP from Washington state, i can
> go hours without a single contact
>
> mike W7DRA/7
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