Yes, but....... with the speed I see many ops running CW, they most certainly
have a lot of CW under their belt!
I operate mostly CW and some of these guys are going so fast I have to listen a
few times to get their call right - amazingly fast.
Maybe I'll see you tonight - have fun and stay warm back there.
73, Jim
On Saturday, Dec 7, 2013, at Saturday, 1:48 PM, Shelby Summerville wrote:
> Jim, ever give any thought that, other than "contest type" CW, some (me) have
> little, if any interest in CW?
> Happy Holiday Season
>
> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bennett" <w6jhb@mac.com>
> To: "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 3:29 PM
> Subject: Topband: 160 Meter Ops
>
>
>> This contest, along with the Stew Perry versions, certainly make one wonder
>> - WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE CW OPS THE REST OF THE YEAR? On any given
>> night, one can jump on 160 (or even 80) meters and hear pretty much nothing.
>> Calling CQ sometimes brings an answer, but not that often. Forty meters has
>> some activity, but 160 and 80 are vast wastelands. Then along comes the
>> contest, like last night, wall-to-wall stations on Top Band. I live in a
>> "standard" residential neighborhood and don't have a lot of room. I've got a
>> non-mega antenna: an Inverted L that only goes up about 20 feet vertically
>> with the rest horizontally, and with my K3 and KPA500, am able to work east
>> coast stations at will. So, it's not that my, or everyone elses' RF is going
>> straight up into the ozone on other nights. Where is everyone?
>>
>> Jim / W6JHB
>> Folsom, CA
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