Life is too short for QRP!!
Especially on 160 Meters!!
73,
Ted K2QMF
On Thu, 31 May 2012 09:12:02 -0700 w7dra@juno.com writes:
> Nowadays the loneliest contest of the year for me is the CQ WPX. In
> any
> contest the number of mulit mulit on the band sets the tone. They
> set
> like islands a calm sea waiting for you to call them, thus allowing
> you
> to try during the propagation conditions, and giving you lots of
> fun
> contesting activity.
>
> Friday night in CQ WPX, HK1NA and KL7RA were rolling in, and I
> called
> over the hours I was on the air. Think if it as playing LOTTO. Who
> knows?
> I might get lucky.
>
> CQ WW there might be 10 multi multi stations on at once, CQ WPX,
> two.
>
> So you scan the band as fast as your hand can turn the dial, hoping
> to
> find that contester who asked someone on 80 or 40 to drop down for
> a
> contact, and hope for the few seconds he is on the band that he
> hears me
> calling him.
>
>
> Mike W7DRA SOSB 160QRP
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