[CQ-Contest] Domestic stations in CQWW

[Bill Parry]

They've got a good contest this weekend for WAS.

Bill, W5VX

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:10 PM
To: Richard DiDonna NN3W
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Domestic stations in CQWW

--- Richard DiDonna NN3W <nn3w at cox.net> wrote:

> Did anyone else besides him and I notice a marked increase in the number
of
> W/K stations answering domestic CQs this past weekend?  My stateside QSO
> count went from 152 in 2006 to 231 in 2007.  And that 231 number is the
> result of the fact that around 1900z I changed my CQ loop message to "CQ
> countest outside of the United States?"

Just a theory...

When did ARRL add the WAS award to LoTW?  Was it this year?

Contesters can be good electronic QSLers.  Maybe people are taking advantage
of
this as a short cut to ragchews and collecting cards for their WAS award.

73 - Jim AD1C


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Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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