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[CQ-Contest] Restoring High Band/Low Band categories in ARRL DX Test

Subject: [CQ-Contest] Restoring High Band/Low Band categories in ARRL DX Test
From: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne)
Date: Thu Jun 20 03:03:04 2002
Dave wrote:

 >I'd like to see the High Band (10, 15, 20) and Low Band (40,
80, >160)categories restored in the ARRL DX Test. 

I'd like to second that idea also!  During the day, contests are
a lot of fun from the west coast, but after dark things get
pretty slow for us "vertical and low dipole" crowd.  On Friday
night, it is not worth while trying to beat out the "big guns" on
the 40 and 80 meter pileups.  The incessant calling and calling
(meat for another time) on low bands makes it impossible to work
any dx from the west coast with a small station.  The endless run
of JA's that used to make it exciting just doesn't happen any
more.  Having a low band-high band category makes good sense.  73
Tom W7WHY

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