[RTTY] Roundup observations - a bit long!

[Stanley Zawrotny]

The lack of DX can be explained by the propagation reports for Saturday and Sunday. They were exceptionally poor.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Jan 6, 2014, at 7:02 PM, "John Webster" <k1fwe at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> "The overall appearance of a lack of DX in the Roundup still amazes me. If this had been WPX or CQWW, 10 and 15 meters would have
> been wall-to-wall Europe starting here at 1300Z and probably going well past 2000Z with the high flux we had. That doesn't happen in
> Roundup. Or least that doesn't happen here during Roundup."Don - I agree. Personally, I think the rules/awards don't give DX much incentive to get into this one nor do they give US stations muchincentive to work DX, particularly on 80 and 10. I usually can't do much in this contest due to its proximity to the holidays, but that's just me. This year was no exception.JohnNN1SS (ex K1FWE)