Topband: ARRL CW Contest

[Fred Moeves]

Roger,

I stayed on 160 for the evening.

I just didn't feel like battling it out with the big guns.

I had a laid back fun time working Eu and Caribbean stations.

Conditions here in Kentucky were not very good deep QSB but I did work 
maybe 20 stations.

It was tough to work every one of them...


Been having lots of rain here it finally got cold and was able to do 
some antenna maintenance.

Also was able to install two common mode chokes on RX antennas.

I hope condx are better tonight...I wonder how others found conditions 
last night??


73

Fred KB4QZH


On 2/15/2020 10:52 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
> Very curious . . .
>
> I came on 160m last night to see what NA stations I could work in the
> contest . . . spent half an hour tuning around and only heard 12 stations
> calling CQ, all of which I worked.
>
> I then figured it might be worth calling CQ, as hopefully Europeans wouldn't
> call me, as they only get points for working NA stations (unlike the CQ WW)
>
> And in just over half an hour I was called by 50 stations !  (I stopped when
> signals started dropping out after our sunrise)
>
> I was just surprised that there weren't more big NA signals on 160 calling
> CQ, like there is in the CQ WW - is there a reason for this?
>
> Roger G3YRO
>
>
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