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From: "Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July, 2007 10:18 PM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] new DXers
Since January, I have been conducting an experiment to see if there are
many new DXers in usa after the change in licensing tests. I have run
rapid contact style calls on 20meters SSB, signing HS0ZCW. Getting 20
over 9 reports to me during openings encouraged me to continue despite my
receiving most NA contacts at low sig levels.
I set out to provide Thailand to those new folks everywhere, reasoning
that all big guns have HS with multiple confirms (QSLs). Incoming QSL
cards here now accumulating have many comments like "first HS" "been
calling u for months" etc., with gratitude for their first HS contact.
And many list 100watts and a dipole as gear. Such contacts are very
gratifying to me. The fact that there are still big pile ups for an HS
20m SSB contact may tell us something about DXing today.
However, my theory abt why I get huge EU pile ups I explain more to
boredom than a rare one. That is, we all know the bands are open but few
are on, a phenomena these days. So, I guess EU calls me because I am the
only DX they can hear that hour and better oh hum DX than no DX.
Some thoughts...... 73
Charles Harpole
Yes some dx is better than none I suppose. I checked my log and I have only
one HS0 ever worked and that was when I was in Illinois - 20m ssb 14 April
1991. I received a QSL card but it had the wrong date on it.
I think that HS0 is a difficult path down to this part of the world (North
Carolina).
Looking forward to my second HS0 contact.
Mark N1UK G3ZZM
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