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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