[CQ-Contest] Field Day and CW

[Chris Hurlbut]

Actually at the W7UQ Field Day, our CW rate was much much higher than
our fone rate.  We could just never really get anything going on phone,
but CW was always there when we wanted.

-Chris KL9A


On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 10:52, KE3F at prodigy.net wrote:
> Well, FD was quite a hoot with PVRC- my first major 
> effort in many years.  Served as primary relief CW op 
> and got a chance to do code on 5 of 6 HF bands.  
> Anyhow, was chatting with a couple of the other CW 
> types during the dinner period and we agreed that the 
> CW activity seemed down a bit this year - especially 
> on 10 meters where we were begging for QSOs.
> 
> One of the guys attributed the fact (sunspot cycle 
> notwithstanding) to the notion that people just aren't 
> doing CW and CW contesting anymore.  The other 
> countered that by arguing that since many of the baby 
> boomer amateur operators are into their 50s and 60s, 
> that CW activity in contests should actually increase 
> as these contesters have more time to devote things 
> like amateur radio now that they've moved past 
> the "crunch" points in their careers and many have 
> families that are progessing through and beyond the 
> college period.
> 
> So, has anybody else noticed a trend pattern in fewer 
> and fewer QSO counts in the CW tests?  Has someone 
> compare QSO counts in 2003 or 2004 to say the same 
> period in 1992 or 1993?  Many variables at work, but 
> it'd be interesting to see the discussion.
> 
> 73 Rich KE3F
> 
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