At least for US stations it's on Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of people
out of town or otherwise occupied.
I wish it was on a different weekend but it is what it is.
I did like for RTTY that you could work everyone else, even stateside
stations. I wonder if CW or SSB would adopt this rule someday. That
would be nice.
73
Ria, N2RJ
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Bill via CQ-Contest
<cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> The CQWW RTTY this last weekend was great. Lots of activity, lots of mults,
> and everyone works
> everyone for points. The band maps were full for the whole 48 hours, and it's
> easy to keep the
> butt in the chair when there are people to work. More people on the air =
> more contacts = more
> fun for everyone.
>
> As the sunspots decline, this will not be the case for the CQWW CW, at least
> in the western
> half of the US. Other than a few hours of JA and EU openings there is almost
> nothing, and no
> reason to stay on the radio.
>
> What could possibly be the problem with more contacts = more fun in the CQWW
> CW?
>
> 73, Bill KO7SS, Mt Lemmon,AZ
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