[CQ-Contest] Be careful what you wish for

[Art Peters]

Jim,

I like the idea of the SS section eXpedition ...

73,

Art / K0ACP


73 es God Bless,

Art / K0ACP

On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> On 11/7/2017 7:27 AM, John Geiger wrote:
>
>> You had me beat there. I didn't hear any VE4s the entire contest.
>>
>
> Early Saturday, I heard a weak VE4 for a few minutes, but could never have
> worked him QRP from W6. Late Sunday I heard a fairly strong S&P station
> send MB once, but only heard the last part of the exchange, never heard him
> call CQ, and he never came back to my CQs. My only SB was the last QSO in
> my log!
>
> NCCC sponsors CQP, and we make a serious effort to get every county on the
> air with a strong stations and strong operators. That isn't easy in a state
> as big as CA with lots of counties with low population density and long
> driving distances from population centers. I'm part of a team that includes
> N3ZZ, K6SRZ, W6GJB, and K6MI to light up rare counties. Thanks to these
> expeditions, it's not unusual for the first 58-county sweep to be made in
> the first six hours of the contest!
>
> It appears that the only activity from NNY was by NCCC member N6EE
> operating a remote station there, and due to internet issues, he was only
> able to be on briefly at the end of the contest. NLI was a holdout until
> KD2RD fired up late Sunday morning, and I heard (and worked) only one other
> NLI station late Sunday evening.
>
> How about some contesters setting up contest expeditions to some of these
> rare sections for SS?
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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