Can you imagine 40/80m at our side,
with no more than 250 really active radio
operators? Next step - sell our bands
for commercial use??
Best 73 to all - py2ny
De:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
Para:w7dra@juno.com, macklinbob@msn.com
Cópia:glowbugs@piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu, CQ-contest@contesting.com
Data:Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:19:41 -0500
Assunto:Re: [CQ-Contest] ham radio is dead?
> Mike makes an interesting point. For a long time I've thought that there must
> be a purpose in order for us to take the time to communicate. Shooting the
> bull, exchanging reports, rigs, weather, etc can get old after awhile. For
> most of us this amounts to contesting and DXing or working for some other
> kind of award, which often places us in competition with others. Wouldn't it
> be nice to have an activity that doesn't place us in such direct competition?
>
> 73 de Jim
> W0UO/5
>
>
>
> mike l dormann wrote:
>
> >i must comment, as i sit here filling out qsl cards (the bane of being
> >ZK1DRA and 3D2/W7DRA, W7DRA/VC7, etc), listening to 40m cw on my HRO60,
> >and hearing the watery EU stations talking to LOUD POWERFUL W6 stations,
> >i hear a few others across the band but not many.
> >
> >the last night of the CX on 80m after everyone of CX ilk had gone, one of
> >the benefits of ballroom dancing you are always on the air after everyone
> >else in snug in bed.................
> >
> >i started calling CQ somewhere around 3550 (no way to measure my
> >frequency), with 300 watts or so from my ARC5/805 pa and worked three
> >guys, all in Washington state, no one making a single bleep until they
> >called me
> >
> >.........................we need a new
> >contest......................................................
> >
> >CX rules, but the contest lasts for a month. post your log summary here
> >in glowbugs, for example
> >
> >W7DRA / 3 bands / 15 QSOs / 6 states / 4 manufactured rigs worked ( ie -
> >icom kenwd tentec K2)
> >
> >scoring would be 3x15x6x4 = 1080
> >
> >and the winner is......................... (glowbugs)W5TVW! who edged out
> >W7QQQ by one contact!!
> > (CQ-CONTEST)
> >K1TTT! who edged out K9DX by one contact!!
> >
> >and the winner receives ONE 10K 1/4W RESISTER?
> >
> >you see what i mean
> >
> >ham radio is dying not because of contest activity, but lack of QSO
> >activity
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