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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Good conditions, fair activity
From: i4jmy@iol.it (i4jmy@iol.it)
Date: Thu Mar 14 16:10:43 2002
Ten years ago, in an high band SB effort during an ARRL DX, there was 
no problem to nearly double the first day QSOs number during the second 
one, generally there was not enough time along 48 hours to log everyone 
that was active, even running 6 or 8 per minutes for hours and hours.
In recent years this was not any more possible, and the second day 
brought an average of half QSOs than the first day.
During the last ARRL DX ssb, in an SB 15m I hardly reached one third of 
the first day with QSO number, in sunday.
In other words, the second day was mainly a ?dupe contact day? with 
horrible rates and always the good same signals calling me back.
So much poor that for a while I thought to give up with such a pain.
Although the first day had excellent conditions with propagation, the 
second one was not bad at all, good enough that ten years ago with the 
same propagation and equipment I could have logged double than it 
happened this year, I?m absolutely sure about this.
My question is: with nowadays bad trends, so much time compared with so 
little correspondants, is it still a matter of best operators, I mean 
fast and accurate, or we are along the way to favour average ones with 
best setups, locations or peculiar conditions ?
Wouldn't be one day a more appropriate period lenght to have fun, rates 
and beneficial to pull out the best ops ?
 

73,
Mauri I4JMY

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