> I've noticed the same thing here in western Europe: the JA runs have all
> but dried up, and it's not simply explained by the sunspot cycle.
> However, when running the big special event stations
> ...
> Dave G4BUO
Correct! I work far more JA on 30m and 17m on my WARC dipole than in the
contest on 15m or 20m with a yagi at about the same height! While over 90%
of my log is contest activity.
When we were allowed to use special prefixes (OQ, OO etc) and when the
Belgian 2x1's got out, I would even have modest JA runs on the WARC bands
yet never in a contest (since 2001).
So I also came to the conclusion that the average JA ham loves DXing but has
no real interest in contesting.
73 de Franki ON5ZO / OQ5M
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