[CQ-Contest] CQ Phone Test.

[Richard Brown]

Hello I will be W5AA/TI8 for 6 weeks starting 18 OCT. I am trying to
finish 5BDXCC from CR. Will be mostly on 80 meters.  Hope I not ther
only one on the air for the contest .Need 50 more countries on 80 M
73s Dick


Pete Smith wrote:
> 
> At 04:21 PM 10/6/01 -0400, Douglas Priest wrote:
> >
> >I see many DXpeditions canceling for CQ Phone. I suspect the events of
> >9-11-01 played a big part in the decision. Anyone gonna call the ball and
> >cancel the DXpeditions globally? I am booked and we have 14 ops going but
> >our patriotism would preclude participation in a hostile environment. What
> >is the feeling in the contest community?  I would be devastated if one of
> >our DXpeditions would come in harms way over a silly DX Contest. That being
> >said I am locked and loaded for CQ Phone from the Carribean :-) What say
> >folks?
> 
> Doug, if someone told you that your odds of being struck by lightning had
> just tripled, would you stop going outside?  Flying is still safer than
> crossing the street, and it strikes me as nonsensical to cancel a
> DXpedition because of what was done in NYC and Washington.
> 
> IMO, the most patriotic thing you can do is get on with your life.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
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