Dear Jim,
I agree with you
Last ARRL I call too many CQs with no callers
I hope anyway something will change
I also agree with you that European activity is coming up
73 Al 4L5A/D4B
> Ron:
>
> I fear that the very sad reality is, with the "graying" of the main-corps
of
> contesters in the USA, we will all see a steady decay in activity,
> ultimately to the point that there's very little left.
>
> Generally speaking, only within the confines of the European continent
there
> still exists any growth in the younger ranks of contesting, and still a
> solid core of mainstream contesters. Most everyone is learning today that
> to prevail in world-wide contests you MUST have advantageous propagation
> into Europe. And, needless to say, if the contest doesn't involve Europe,
> like All Asia or FD or ARRL DX, the dearth of activity will surely show.
>
> I wish it wasn't so, but...........
>
>
> Jim Neiger N6TJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Where are the W/VE's
>
>
> We all wonder where the JA's are during contests, we all have been asking
> this question for some time. From the mid 70's to the mid 80's you could
> run
> JA's from the West coast for as long as you could hold up. There has been
a
> decline in JA contest interest, no doubt about it. The decline in W/VE
> contest
> activity seems to be on a par with JA activity decline from my
perspective.
> I
> work half as many JA's for a given effort now, I also work half as many
> W/VE's
> for a given effort. The following is typical:
>
> ARRL DX SSB 80M Low Power
> Year Hrs. Q's Mults Rate
> 1992 7.5 852 61 113.6 Steady activity
> 1995 7.5 661 57 88.1 Slow at times
> 2003 8.0 404 53 50.5 Darn boring
>
> WPX in 1992 and 2003 had similar results from W/VE, JA results in these
two
> WPX tests were down 27%. Same location and the same antennas.
>
> None of this proves much other than the fact that were not having as much
> fun
> as we once did. I suspect there isnt one answer nor one solution. I cant
> explain why I hear an amazing wall of JA's every time there is an
> expedition, and
> why many of the same stations aren't active during contests. Without input
> from the JA perspective were just guessing.
>
> Ron KH6DV
>
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