[CQ-Contest] My "fun" with ARRL DX contest

Dave Edmonds dave at pkministrywebs.com
Mon Feb 20 10:18:18 EST 2017


The ARRL DX contest could be renamed as the "US QSO Party", because only
out of country stations can work US for points...  We've got another BIG
contesting weekend coming up. The Carolina Weekend begins on 2/25 with the
South Carolina QSO Party at 1500z. The on Sunday it continues with the
North Carolina QSO Party at 1500z. Visit www.scqso.com for all the details.

73s Dave WN4AFP
SCQP Team Leader

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I admit I forgot.  I forgot that ARRL contests are really American
> contests.
> So, I got ready at 0000z, 7AM local Thailand time, and began looking for NA
> contacts, finding abt 5 strong CA stations and nothing else (5el mono on 20
> and 15, 2el 40m quad, and K3).
>
> Normal fade out time is about 0130z and this time was 45min.  I shut down
> until my next day and worked a grand total of 26 Qs.  Massive boredom.
>
> Now, if you wonder where was S.E.Asia, that was me with small numbers,
> friend in VN with 170 Qs, and another VN who knew the situation and did not
> start.
>
> It is just no fun to enter a contest to work only Americas.  I must
> remember, if contests have "ARRL" on it, forget it.
>
> Charly, HS0ZCW
>
> ​"Everybody work everybody" or snooze.​
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