Do not worry Fred - there will be plenty of European Stations calling CQ during the CQ 160 contest. If ALL of the European stations started calling CQ at once - there would be no QSOs taking place across the Atlantic due to the severe QRM.
73 Tree N6TR On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 7:01 AM Fred Moeves <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger, > > I for one don't like to hear that Eu stations are not calling CQ. > Maybe I'm alone on this but why not just call CQ NA only? > > I rarely call CQ Contest I'm a S&P station. > I really don't contest anymore I'm usually in there but mostly to give > points and look for dx. > Here with my little pip squeak station with high noise it's tough. > I'm lucky to have a few Rx antennas or I'd be out all together. > > Anyway hope to hear you and some dx on this weekend. > > 73 Fred KB4QZH > > > > > Excellent Doug ! > > I must admit, I haven't entered a Contest for over 40 years . . . the idea > of operating for hours and hours on end just doesn't appeal any more. > > However, the various 160m Contests are very useful to work lots of DX > stations. > > Please bear in mind that a lot of us Topbanders in Europe don't want to > come > on calling CQ, as we'll be called by hundreds of Europeans . . . so if you > want to work us, you need to call CQ ! (and remember, we're not allowed > below 1810 kHz) > > Good Luck to all those entering ! > > Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
