[SCCC] W6YA WAPC SOAB CW Contest 2020

[Arnie]

Dennis,
There are many BY stations on FT8 on 80 Meters and up (I have yet to snag one on 160M).  It is easier to make QSOs on that mode in a noisy environment and I suspect that is why they have gravitated to that weak signal mode.  Jim might not be aware of that since he abhors FT8 😊
Arnie N6HC

From: Dennis Younker NE6I
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 4:40 PM
To: 'SCCC Reflector'
Subject: Re: [SCCC] W6YA WAPC SOAB CW Contest 2020

Jim, that's crazy! 53 Q's with BY stations in a single weekend! I bet if I
were to add all of my BY QSOs up dating back to when I was first licensed in
1972, I probably don't have 53 total! Hi hi Congrats on a FB total this
weekend!

--Dennis NE6I

-----Original Message-----
From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Jim McCook
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 12:28 PM
To: SCCC Reflector <sccc at contesting.com>
Subject: [SCCC] W6YA WAPC SOAB CW Contest 2020

Worked All Provinces of China Contest

Call: W6YA
Operator(s): W6YA
Station: W6YA

Class: SOABCW HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs):

Summary:
  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Mults
---------------------------
    80:
    40:   43
    20:   10
    15:
    10:
---------------------------
Total:   53     0      20  Total Score = 23,960

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

This little known, quickly discounted contest is one of the most challenging
of
all for me.  The QSO total is always very low, requiring tireless hunting
and digging
through the Indonesian SSB pirate QRM on 40m and finding BY stations that
are weak,
CQing underneath CQMM contesters.  Most have difficulty hearing and copying.
On 20m the opening is short and signals are also extremely weak, with few
exceptions.
During a solar peak the results are far better and the higher bands come
into play.

Since CQMM opened up to worldwide competition it has presented an additional
conflict
to WAPC.  As conditions improve, WAPC may become more interesting, since it
is a
special kind of challenge.  It is a special opportunity to work all Chinese
provinces.
   


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