Yes, but....... with the speed I see many ops running CW, they most certainly have a lot of CW under their belt!
I operate mostly CW and some of these guys are going so fast I have to listen a few times to get their call right - amazingly fast. Maybe I'll see you tonight - have fun and stay warm back there. 73, Jim On Saturday, Dec 7, 2013, at Saturday, 1:48 PM, Shelby Summerville wrote: > Jim, ever give any thought that, other than "contest type" CW, some (me) have > little, if any interest in CW? > Happy Holiday Season > > C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bennett" <[email protected]> > To: "topband" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 3:29 PM > Subject: Topband: 160 Meter Ops > > >> This contest, along with the Stew Perry versions, certainly make one wonder >> - WHERE THE HECK ARE ALL THE CW OPS THE REST OF THE YEAR? On any given >> night, one can jump on 160 (or even 80) meters and hear pretty much nothing. >> Calling CQ sometimes brings an answer, but not that often. Forty meters has >> some activity, but 160 and 80 are vast wastelands. Then along comes the >> contest, like last night, wall-to-wall stations on Top Band. I live in a >> "standard" residential neighborhood and don't have a lot of room. I've got a >> non-mega antenna: an Inverted L that only goes up about 20 feet vertically >> with the rest horizontally, and with my K3 and KPA500, am able to work east >> coast stations at will. So, it's not that my, or everyone elses' RF is going >> straight up into the ozone on other nights. Where is everyone? >> >> Jim / W6JHB >> Folsom, CA >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
