[CQ-Contest] The Best CQWW....

jamesdavidcain at gmail.com jamesdavidcain at gmail.com
Mon Sep 25 16:25:30 EDT 2017


There's always Twitter.

 

K1TN

 

 

 

>At least for US stations it's on Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of people

>out of town or otherwise occupied.

 

>I wish it was on a different weekend but it is what it is.

 

>I did like for RTTY that you could work everyone else, even stateside

>stations. I wonder if CW or SSB would adopt this rule someday. That

>would be nice.

 

>73

>Ria, N2RJ

 

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Bill via CQ-Contest

<cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> The CQWW RTTY this last weekend was great. Lots of activity, lots of
mults, 

> and everyone works

> everyone for points. The band maps were full for the whole 48 hours, and
it's 

> easy to keep the

> butt in the chair when there are people to work. More people on the air = 

> more contacts = more

> fun for everyone.

> 

> As the sunspots decline, this will not be the case for the CQWW CW, at
least 

> in the western

> half of the US. Other than a few hours of JA and EU openings there is
almost 

> nothing, and no

> reason to stay on the radio.

> 

> What could possibly be the problem with more contacts = more fun in the
CQWW 

> CW?

> 

> 73, Bill KO7SS, Mt Lemmon,AZ

 



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