This contest started as the first all-SSB DX contest during the 1950s when
A.M. was the way to run phone.  In the 1960s it morphed into the worked all
prefixes phone contest.  I haven't examined the scoring in detail.  I think
that you can work stations on multiple bands, but each new prefix you work,
regardless of what band it's on, counts once as a multiplier.  15 meters is
open to Europe right now, and 20 has European and Asian stations on it.  And
there are some U.S. stations on 40 right now; we'll see if they are still
there at 2000Z.
73,

Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Lou Kolb
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Anyone doing CQ WPX SSB Contest This Week-end?
> 
> By the way, can anyone tell me what the WPX stands for?  Thanks.  Lou
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Anyone doing CQ WPX SSB Contest This Week-end?
> 
> 
> > I'm not doing any contests but I am hooking up my TS-930 I haven't used
> > since last spring today and going to give that a little bit of a
> workout.
> > It's harder here to swap radios out because I need to put one away to
> make
> > room for another one but I figure I"ll run the TS-930 this weekend, then
> > put
> > it back in storage downstairs, in the box but anyway, I'll be around
> > today,
> > first region nts net as always and scanning the bands.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 3:17 AM
> > Subject: Re: Anyone doing CQ WPX SSB Contest This Week-end?
> >
> >
> >> well, I had some small success working the contest on 20M tonight from
> my
> >> home qth.
> >> I logged 15 contacts using my 20M ham stick mounted out on the balcony
> >> rail
> >> and 100W.
> >> Some notable contacts were D4C kape verde, CR3a madeira island off the
> >> coast
> >> of morocco, a brazilian station and a hawaiian station.
> >> I was hunting and pouncing and was listening for dx only for the most
> >> part...not considering the US or canada as dx.
> >> Considering my antenna, power level and S8 noise level across the whole
> >> band, and the 1 hour that I devoted to it, I think I was fairly
> >> successful.
> >> It's nothing compared to even a medium sized properly set up ham
> station,
> >> but still I'm happy things work as well as they do.
> >> If only I had access to the club station, I could probably work my own
> >> pile
> >> ups with their big beam and height and so on.
> >> 73
> >> Colin, V A6BKX