Topband: CQWW and 160

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Ron

Count me in , I agree no same country contacts, PERIOD
AND.... you wouldn't loose any zones ..zones 3, 4 and 5 are covered in 
Canada as well!

Dave
NR1DX



On 12/1/2020 12:27 PM, Ron Spencer via Topband wrote:
> Here too in central NC conditions were, at best, poor. Bad prop and 
> lots of QRN. However did manage to work 38 countries. And had a 
> reasonable run last hour of contest.
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> However, checking the stats, almost 1/3 of logged Qs were with US 
> stations. Perhaps more. Several times I stopped calling CQ because all 
> I was getting were US callers. Really not what I wanted, at all.
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> Because of this I've sent a note to the contest contact for CQ 
> suggesting they eliminate all points, including zone points, for same 
> country contacts. Yes, we here in the US would loose 3 zones but its 
> level across the country. This would eliminate all same country 
> callers which, if my experience is representative, would increase the 
> number and length of time of stations calling cq. At least here in the US.
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> Hope to work lots of folks from everywhere this weekend!
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> Ron
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> N4XD
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