Topband: ARRL CW Contest

[Mike Smith VE9AA]

Yes there is Roger, RATE !

 

DX and US/VE stns make the minimum amount of contacts on bands with poor
rate to get the most mults possible there and then CQ (or S&P) the more
productive bands.

 

Why work on 10m, 15m or 160m when you could be making double or trip the
contacts on 20/40 or even 80m.

 

Get your mults, then move on.

 

Rate is King.

 

Mike VE9AA

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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

 

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB