Hi Roger,
I heard you CQing early this morning (of course you were already in the log). You had en excellent signal right up there with the best European signals. I hope you try again tonight 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wes" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 5:55:47 PM Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL CW Contest I answered your CQ many times with no joy. Wes N7WS On 2/15/2020 8:52 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote: > Very curious . . . > > I came on 160m last night to see what NA stations I could work in the > contest . . . spent half an hour tuning around and only heard 12 stations > calling CQ, all of which I worked. > > I then figured it might be worth calling CQ, as hopefully Europeans wouldn't > call me, as they only get points for working NA stations (unlike the CQ WW) > > And in just over half an hour I was called by 50 stations ! (I stopped when > signals started dropping out after our sunrise) > > I was just surprised that there weren't more big NA signals on 160 calling > CQ, like there is in the CQ WW - is there a reason for this? > > Roger G3YRO > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
