Congrats to all for enduring the worst slog in decades this weekend. I overheard Frank, W3LPL, say it was the worst score since starting up his famous station in the mid 80s. A number of people, in t
After the terrible conditions in CQWW DX SSB this weekend allowing USA-USA QSO's for 1 point looks to be an attractive option. Why is it this is allowed for EU stations and VE's working the USA makin
Sorry for the reposting, and hate to rain on your parade, but..... About a week ago Wolf DF2PY posted a message here commenting on the recent adverse levels of geomagnetic field activity and how it w
I'm thinking Cycle 28 will be awesome. -- 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Just a boy and his radio" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://list
In my experience from the western USA, I see this.... On exceptional nights, 160 and 80 conditions to Europe are better at the sunspot minimum. However, on average nights, it is no better at the suns
until we get hams on mars we all play with the same prop mike w7dra what a great reson to cheat! i will raise my normal 7 watts input up to 20 watts input to compensate for conditions this CQWW! ____
Doug and Hans The shift that Karl is talking about is interesting and could have 160M affect but that?s not what was going on last weekend. It was an intense Geomagnetic storm caused by a Solar Wind.
Stations in the northern latitudes generally don't play with the same propagation compared to those close to the equator. But the horrible tropical incessant QRM is a great equalizer on the low bands
Agreed. There were plenty of zero pointers to work, who sat and called cq endlessly. Why does the USA always get "punished"? There are lots more hams in EU now then ever. The scores show that it was
One more reason for the 1 point USA rule... I was working the contest as time permitted and on Saturday evening, I noticed that I didn't have a zone 5 contact. I heard heard a zone 5 station calling
Oh, how would you like it if you worked anything from Turkey to Japan and from Asia-Russia to India........ count the distance and number of hops........ and all COUNT ONLY ASIA ? Oh well, 73, Charly
/W0MU wrote :/ /Agreed. There were plenty of zero pointers to work, who sat and called cq endlessly. Why does the USA always get "punished"? There are lots more hams in EU now then ever. The scores s
I agree with the assessment. I did a run on 160M Saturday night and ended working a BUNCH of guys that needed my zone mult, but I got nothing in return. Forty-three contacts on that band, and probabl
Here is the only breakdown I found close to Europe on 3830 from EF8U in North Africa -- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y -- 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct -- North America 27 214 1082 239 750 338 2650 3
W0MU asked: "Why does the USA always get "punished"?" in the CQ WW Contest. Answer: Because it's a DX contest! A better question is, why are we all forced to work a station in our country just to get
Almost 60% of his QSO's were with Europe. The Canary Islands are about 2100 miles from Germany. This is about the same distance as Atlanta is from Seattle, WA - 2180 miles. Jeff / KU8E Jeff, Ekaterin
What is DX? Europe is country rich, similar to the US states. They get 1 point for working all those countries which are smaller than many or most of our western states. If we define DX as 2000 plus
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 00:58:17 -0400
I agree that its a DX contest. But what does DX stand for? My recollection is that DX is a ham's abbreviation for "distance". So by that measure, where is the rationale in rewarding a QSO between Tor
I agree with you there. Asia is one huge area! W0MU Agreed. There were plenty of zero pointers to work, who sat and called cq endlessly. Why does the USA always get "punished"? There are lots more ha
One simple solution is to give everyone credit for their own country and country's zone(s) on each band. Barry W2UP Answer: Because it's a DX contest! A better question is, why are we all forced to w