Re: [CQ-Contest] SS phone

[Scott Nichols <snichols@mvosprey.com>]

Long East-West propagation here was the WORST I've experienced in 
years...NO Californian stations heard until 1400-1500 Sunday...I usually 
have all the CA and W7 land mults done by 0100 Sunday...Western Canada 
(VE4, 5, 6, 7) VERY weak here...Was a struggle to work any of 
them...Didn't hear a peep from KH6, KL7, or VY1/VE8 all weekend...Saw 
lots spotted, but no sign of them in my speakers..North-South was a 
different story...Even the "Q" stations were booming in most of the time 
from FL up to RI on 20 and 15...Strange, strange propagation...

73, Scott VE1OP

Kelly Taylor wrote:

> Well, wasn't that a disaster?
>
> If anyone missed MB, it wasn't for a lack of trying by VE4s. As VE4VV said,
> you'd call guys who were 20 over 9 and they'd keep on calling CQ. It wasn't
> until late Sunday that we even HEARD Washington state.
>
> Sheesh, now we know how Jay feels. One-way prop seemed to dominate the
> weekend from here. It was only till late Sunday that things started to open
> up. There was no 15 and, obviously, no 10.
>
> Thoughts? I'm compiling notes for the June 2004 QST writeup on SS Phone, so
> please feel free to deluge my e-mail box with replies.
>
> Need volunteers from each ARRL region to send me some notes on competitions
> in their respective regions for regional reports as requested by QST. This
> is the perfect opportunity to tell the story that gets lost in the Top 10
> boxes. Dogfights, friendly (or otherwise) rivalries, etc. Please help out,
> it's the only way we can keep contest reporting in QST fresh and
> interesting.
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>
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