I will be on in the contest some, but have to get taxes done, participate in
church services on Sunday morning, work ahead on next week's Bible study,
and be available for my wife, whose mother is likely to start hospice care.
Besides, if I turn the beam toward Europe, I might not get it back to the
west.  On 17 meters my only antenna is my tri-bander.  It loads up, and I
have made a few DX QSO's, but I think it's rather inefficient.

Good luck in the contest.  At the beginning of the contest, it sounded to me
as if 20 meters was going to shut down early.  Forty was open to Europe and
the Caribbean.  So it should be interesting.  Remember that many DX
stations, if they are serious about working as many W/VE stations as
possible, are in the General Class phone segments, starting at the bottom of
the segment.
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 tom behler
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: anyone playing in the ARRL international DX SSB Contest this
> week-end?
> 
> Hi, all.
> 
> Is anyone else going to play in the ARRL International DX SSB contest this
> week-end?
> 
> I am not going to be competing seriously to win, but will be in there much
> of the day tomorrow and probably a good part of Sunday, at least on the
> higher bands.
> 
> If the CW contest two week-ends ago was any indication, 15 and 20 should
> be
> in good shape, and maybe even 10 meters, if we're lucky.
> 
> Hope to hear some of you, as we try to snag some new countries.
> 
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Louisville, CO