[CQ-Contest] CQWW popularity from EUR Perspective: data

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Peter, 


While 7 a.m. in Europe may be a good time to sleep, it doesn't 
follow that there is no propagation from Europe to USA after 
7 a.m. 


40 meters usually remains open for at least a few hours after 
European sunrise. Its not unusual to work Italian stations as 
late as 0900Z (or later) and stations in the British Isles much 
later. Scandanavian stations can be worked as late as 1300Z 


20 meters frequently has a very strong opening to Europe after 
European sunrise, peaking at about 0800Z. The opening typically 
fades at about 0900Z and the band typically reopens just a few 
hours later, about an hour before east coast sunrise. Unfortunately, 
the "European sunrise" 20 meter opening will become less 
common as Solar Cycle 24 continues its decline. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Peter Voelpel" <dj7ww at t-online.de> 
To: cq-contest at contesting.com 
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 1:01:39 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW popularity from EUR Perspective: data 

7AM is the time to go for sleep in Europe during the ARRL DX contest as 
well. 
The bands don´t open before for us to run W/VE. 

73 
Peter 

-----Original Message----- 
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
Charles Harpole 
Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Dezember 2015 05:08 
To: Joe 
Cc: CQ-Contest Reflector 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW popularity from EUR Perspective: data 

>From a SE ASIA perspective, "imagine the rush" from working FOUR mults 
nearby, if anyone bothers to get on, and a couple hi power JAs. 
OOOOOOOH pins and needles. 

0000Z is 7AM in my shack, just when dawn wipes out the JA run and leaves me 
with a quiet lunch looking at the flat bandcope for five more hours. 
OOOOH goosebumps. 

These are NA/EU contests, in reality. 73, Charly 

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 5:06 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote: 

> or to help level things out at least the ten districts, then it's really 
> close to Canada. 
> 
> Joe WB9SBD 
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> On 12/23/2015 3:09 PM, KB8N via CQ-Contest wrote: 
> 
>> Amen. 
>> I had a two year assignment to Europe in the early 90s, where I held 
the 
>> call DA1AM. Let me tell you, the adrenalin rush from an almost 
>> inexhaustable number of multipliers on the low bands made the contest 
>> really 
>> incredible. Being that far north, you could sometimes get some Auroral 
>> effect going 
>> on and pick up the continental mults on teh higher bands as well. In 
any 
>> case, it provided a deep well of scoring opportunities throughout the 48 
>> hour period. 
>> I've always wondered why we didn't include states as multipliers when 
>> we 
>> allow Canadian provinces to be counted. 
>> Paul K5AF 
>> In a message dated 12/23/2015 1:37:41 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
>> jamesdavidcain at gmail.com writes: 
>> 
>> >Remember, that there is an incentive for EU's to work each other on 
the 
>>> 
>> low 
>> 
>>> bands...to a much greater degree than for USA types to work each other 
>>> 
>> (one 
>> 
>>> zone and done). 
>>> 
>>> That's a PERFECT example of the problem with current contest scoring 
>>>>> 
>>>> rules. 
>> 
>>> >>73, Jim K9YC 
>>> 
>>> Just imagine ... if the ARRL DX Contest counted U.S. states and 
Canadian 
>>> provinces as multipliers for U.S. and Canadian participants. Even if 
the 
>>> contacts counted only one point, or even zero points. 
>>> 
>>> K1TN 
>>> 
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