Topband: ARRL CW Contest

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

The loudest DX I heard last night was M3LPL.. HI....Bad skimmer decodes 
for W3LPL.

I did work RL3A  and UW2M and lots of Carib and Central America. The 
band seemed quiet but not that many stations.  I was not checking on the 
top of the hour like I should have.

40 and 80 were not super crowded and they sounded off to me here at my QTH

W0MU

On 2/15/2020 2:57 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
>
> I heard you CQing early this morning (of course you were already in
> the log). You had en excellent signal right up there with the best European
> signals.
>
>
> I hope you try again tonight
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Wes" <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 5:55:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest
>
> I answered your CQ many times with no joy.
>
> Wes N7WS
>
> On 2/15/2020 8:52 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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