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1. [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: "Chip and Janet Margelli" <margelli@socal.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:24:38 -0700; Several folks have remarked about how bad the Sunday afternoon dawg piles on Africa were, especially on ten meters (C91KHN and 5H3EE were utterly buried). Surely there must be some connection to the; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00197.html (7,661 bytes)
2. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:17:08 -0400 (EDT); 21 African countries...including 5X, 5Z, 6W, 9X, FH, SU. However, there are less on Sunday...agreed. 21 out of around 80 available is pretty low Bill K4XS In a message dated 10/29/2013 12:03:21 P.M.; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00202.html (8,211 bytes)
3. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: Charles Harpole <hs0zcw@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:03:23 +0700; What I hear "foreign" operators say about contests..... By "foreign" I just mean operators who are in fairly rare spots; of course they are residents, not foreigners, where they live. What I hear is; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00209.html (9,992 bytes)
4. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:24:59 -0700; I think maybe Sunday is a work day in some of the African countries. Might explain the low turnout. 73 Tom W7WHY 21 African countries...including 5X, 5Z, 6W, 9X, FH, SU. However, there are less on Su; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00217.html (7,664 bytes)
5. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: Tom Haavisto <kamham69@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:51:55 -0400; Hi Charly I think you bring up a good point that is being overlooked. I remember hearing about a QSO from a friend who was chattting with a "rare" one some years ago. To help put things in perspectiv; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00232.html (12,802 bytes)
6. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: "Jack Haverty." <k3fiv@arrl.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:07:05 -0700; IMHO, Charly's analysis is right on target. Contests are quite different when viewed from the perspective of the "casual operator". My own station is just a quite modest LP setup, far from being a "c; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00233.html (14,273 bytes)
7. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:16:15 -0400; This is more tangential to contesting, but remember as the DX station, you control the pileup. If you want to run a pileup, you run a pileup. If you want to talk 15 minutes to a station, you do that.; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-10/msg00234.html (13,295 bytes)
8. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:44:09 -0400; In what seems to be a previous life, the mid to late 1990's, I managed to get on the air -- HF and satellites -- from both the exotic and less rare locations: 9L, J2, YJ, HI, etc. I never found much; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-11/msg00003.html (13,528 bytes)
9. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: "Larry" <lknain@nc.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 09:49:38 -0400; It can be like trying to swim in a piranha infested pool - especially after your exotic call hits the cluster. You are the only menu item and its dinner time. The pile can be overwhelming. 73, Larry; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-11/msg00018.html (13,734 bytes)
10. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:08:02 -0400; A good situation for "Up1", especially on CW. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-11/msg00024.html (15,541 bytes)
11. Re: [CQ-Contest] Whither Africa? (score: 1): Author: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 15:41:27 -0400; This lack of activity from Africa has been around for a long time. QST ran a picture of a ham looking at a map of the world and Africa was missing. I think this was from the Mid 1960's. The caption r; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-11/msg00035.html (8,055 bytes)

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