Topband: CQWW a bust this year

[dj7ww at t-online.de]

It´s amazing, the probably envious stations always suspect others with their
better antennas and perhaps better operation to use web sdr.

73
Peter 

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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+dj7ww=t-online.de at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of uy0zg
Sent: Dienstag, 1. Dezember 2020 14:19
To: Tom | SP5XO
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Subject: Re: Topband: CQWW a bust this year

Hi

  Weeks conditions ?

For the best of the ex USSR countries, this is not a problem!


Very good HIGH + WEB SDR+ very kind and democratic American judges  =


super result is ready!

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2020-11/msg08693.html


.........

73 !

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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

Tom | SP5XO ????? 2020-12-01 14:21:
> Compare to recent weeks conditions were marginal during CQWW. Only two 
> Zone
> 4 stations were audible here and it took long time to work them. 
> Whereas a
> week ago band was wide open from MI, IL to CO or even down to TX.
> I worked only mults and Dx's this time. Only 13 stations from Zone 5 in 
> my
> log. Except for VY2ZM all NA's were weak including KC1XX and W3LPL!
> Hopeful things improve for next weekend and will work some more in ARRL 
> 160.
> CU
> Tom
> sp5xo
> 
> Conditions certainly didn't favor 160 over the weekend CQWW contest 
> here in
>> Florida at least.
>> 
>> Looking back in 2019 I worked 50 countries on 160 during CQWW, this 
>> year it
>> was only 17, only 3 Europeans and those were very weak. I'm sure the 
>> lack
>> of expeditions due to CV-19 played a part but on whole I think many 
>> guys
>> in hindsight will be glad they didn't spend the money to go.
>> 
>> Maybe things will pick up next weekend for the ARRL 160 test though 
>> that tends
>> to be largely a USA to USA test and it is hard to hear the DX through 
>> the
>> local mob
>> 
>> CU guys in the pile up
>> 
>> Dave
>> NR1DX
>> --
>> Dave Manuals at ArtekManuals.com www.ArtekManuals.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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