He's only 618miles SE of you and as the crow flies to EU (great circle path) he might only have you by 100-200 miles (roughly) to the Center of EU (and there's more to CQWW than just EU) so it's prob
That's because you don't contest from the Midwest. :) There's a reason why the newsletter of one of our largest contest clubs, the Society of Midwest Contesters, is called "The Black Hole." And there
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I have operated many DX contests from Illinois and I there is a huge difference between east coast and midwest propagation. Beside the mileage difference east coast stations have their first skip ove
You guys are missing the most important point: the duration of the opening to Europe. That's where QSO points come from, because there's virtually an endless supply of Europeans to work. Start with t
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 03:39:06 +0000 (UTC)
It's more than just those 60 QSOs before the band opens to Philadelphia, at least on SSB: the early bird gets the frequency. By the time the sun comes up enough in Ohio to think about working EU, the
Hi Barry, Barry, W2UP wrote : <<<You guys are missing the most important point: the duration of the opening to Europe. That's where QSO points come from, because there's virtually an endless supply
1) How do you know that K1TTT was on 15 meters at that time ? 2) Now run the same experiment at 1200Z in any DX contest. Dim, you are welcome to guest operate from my QTH in New Mexico in any DX cont
Steve, <<< 1) How do you know that K1TTT was on 15 meters at that time ? 2) Now run the same experiment at 1200Z in any DX contest. 1) Because the K1TTT's skimmer was listening 40 to 12m. Have a look
Author: Weisz László via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:01:10 +0100
GM, MW vs East Coast Here in Eu we have the same situation: West Coast (EU) vs. Central Eu. I agree with Steve N2IC and Barry W2UP: one from Central Eu is not able to reach the same results with a bi