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I do, thx, A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: contest question


> Albert,
>
> If you work CW, the CW version of this melee will be Nov. 28- 29.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:51 PM
> Subject: Re: contest question
>
>
>> Thanks for the info; maybe I'll try it next year, A.S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: contest question
>>
>>
>>>I think you are in NC and that would put you in zone 5.  Continental USA
>>>is
>>> either zone 3, 4 , or 5.   Zone 3 is west coast, 5 is east coast and 4 
>>> is
>>> all that stuff in between where nobody lives.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: contest question
>>>
>>>
>>>> How do you find out what cq zone you're in?
>>>> A.S., WA7FXB/4 Greenville NC
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:31 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: contest question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Gee tom, are you sure you are a real ham and not a CBer in disguise?
>>>>> Real
>>>>> hams are supposed to have their CQ zone, ITU zone, and 6 character 
>>>>> grid
>>>>> square  stored in their magic decoder ring for just such an emergency.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are still in zone 4 for the time being.   But after the big
>>>>> earthquake
>>>>> takes away the west coast and they redraw the maps, you may be
>>>>> beachfront
>>>>> in
>>>>> zone 3.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:40 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: contest question
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>    I actually thought of trying some of the contest last night, but
>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>> know if my CQ zone had changed with the move from Michigan to
>>>>>> Colorado.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In Michigan, it was 4, but I'm not sure about Colorado.  And, I know
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> ask during the contest, some of those guys get real impatient with 
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> you don't know your CQ zone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Heard a bunch of J A's on 20 meters last night, so it was real
>>>>>> tempting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Louisville, CO
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:22 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: contest question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CQ World Wide SSB.    If you listen for a bit, you  can see why some
>>>>>> call
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> CQ World War.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:46 AM
>>>>>> Subject: contest question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's the contest on hf bands this weekend?
>>>>>>> 73, W A 7 F X B
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
> 

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