Steve:
I actually heard an X E station from here with a pretty good signal, and
meant to try to snag him, but got involved with my C Q ing, and never got
back to him.
I'm curious; when did you work those west coast stations.
I didn't hear any of them from here, but I only stayed up until about 10:30
Eastern or so each night, which was likely too early.
Looking forward to the ARRL 10-meter contest next week-end. However, I'm not
sure how much time I'll have because it's the week-end between the ending of
classes and final exams.
I'll be interested if anyone has any 10-meter propagation outlooks for the
contest.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 1:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 160 Meter CW Contest
Tom,
Sorry we didn't cross paths over the weekend. I finished with 243 in
the log. 58 sections and 3 DX (VP9, PJ2, and XE). In my head I had
miscounted the KP2 I had worked as DX, but of course it counts as the VI
section.
I did find things a little better last night. I worked several west
coast stations, which is a nice jump from here.
I heard some of the big guns working Europe, but my short, low dipole
wasn't up to the task this weekend.
73, Steve KW3A
On 12/6/2015 1:29 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Steve and all:
>
> Well, after a few more hours last night, I ended up with 175 qsos in the
> log, and worked 44 sections. Other than Canada, I didn't snag any DX.
>
> I noticed two differences in comparison to last year.
>
> First, I really don't believe conditions were as good as they were for the
> 2014 contest. There was a lot more QSB on the band for whatever reason,
> which made copying signals more difficult.
>
> Second, I did mainly c q ing last night, and, although I did get a few
good
> runs going, they didn't last long, and I only had more than one station
> coming back to me on several occasions.
>
> I suspect this indicates that others were dealing with the
less-than-optimal
> conditions as well, but it's hard to know for sure.
>
> Admittedly, my 160-meter antenna here isn't the greatest, so I'm sure that
> accounts for some of this too.
>
> On a much more positive note, I can echo Phil's earlier point that CW
> certainly is not dead. I often had trouble finding a vacant frequency for
> calling CQ. Of course, the CW band segment on 160 meters is rather
limited,
> but there certainly were plenty of CW ops working the contest.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 1:19 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 160 Meter CW Contest
>
> MAR is Maritime section. Not sure what provinces it includes, but they
> probably eat a lot of fish. I think VE1 and VE9 will also send Mar.
>
> Heading to beddy-bye now. Worked 180 with 56 sections and 4 DX.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> .
>
> On 12/6/2015 12:53 AM, howard kaufman wrote:
>> They are running at 25 WPM, this is my favorite contest, because it
>> really tests the selectivity of your receiver.
>> I worked a vy2, who gave his section as mar.
>> I don't think this is from marz, but I can't guess.. I thought Quebeck.
>> Last night I heard ve3ew working a dk7, I want his station!!!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 12:11 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: 160 Meter CW Contest
>>
>> I've heard a lot of pretty strong signals tonight, Saturday, on 160.
>> One thing I've noticed about the 160 CW contests, is that the stations
>> are running slower speeds than the majority of DX CW contests as well
>> as the Sweep Stakes contests. Probably due to the QSB normally very
>> noticeable on the top band. It does an old CW operator's heart good
>> to hear all the CW activity on 160 meters.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
>
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