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Re: contest question
From:
Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:34:46 -0400
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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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