That's my theory. When like 63 multipliers are from CONUS and Canada, it's
clear that the ARRL takes the 'A' in 'ARRL' seriously.
Al
AB2ZY
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From: RTTY [rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Stanley Zawrotny
[k4sbz.stan@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 5:22 PM
To: K1FWE
Cc: <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Roundup observations - a bit long!
Do you think the difference is that it is the AMERICAN Radio Relay League RTTY
Roundup vs CQ's Worldwide contests? The perception by DX stations being that it
is a US contest, rather than a WW contest?
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
> On Jan 7, 2014, at 2:19 PM, K1FWE <k1fwe@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Stan:
>
> IMHO, Its not just this last session. Like Don, I've noticed it every time I
> get into the RU, which I admit has not been that often in recent years. Its a
> major RTTY contest but DX participation from my perspective is down for RU
> when compared to others like CQWW RTTY contests where there's lots of DX. One
> could simply prove or disprove this theory by comparing the numbers of DX
> entries across the major RTTY contests.
>
> 73,
> John
> NN1SS
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Jan 7, 2014 9:26 AM
>> To: John Webster <k1fwe@earthlink.net>
>> Cc: "<rtty@contesting.com>" <rtty@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Roundup observations - a bit long!
>>
>> The lack of DX can be explained by the propagation reports for Saturday and
>> Sunday. They were exceptionally poor.
>>
>> Stan, K4SBZ
>>
>> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>>
>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 7:02 PM, "John Webster" <k1fwe@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> "The overall appearance of a lack of DX in the Roundup still amazes me. If
>>> this had been WPX or CQWW, 10 and 15 meters would have
>>> been wall-to-wall Europe starting here at 1300Z and probably going well
>>> past 2000Z with the high flux we had. That doesn't happen in
>>> Roundup. Or least that doesn't happen here during Roundup."Don - I agree.
>>> Personally, I think the rules/awards don't give DX much incentive to get
>>> into this one nor do they give US stations muchincentive to work DX,
>>> particularly on 80 and 10. I usually can't do much in this contest due to
>>> its proximity to the holidays, but that's just me. This year was no
>>> exception.JohnNN1SS (ex K1FWE)
>
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