[ADXA] CQWW DX Contest - Phone

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Oh yea......if you want to read more about the contest and see the 
rules, the website is:

https://www.cqww.com/

ZN

On 2018-10-13 05:57, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> In just two weeks the first "Big One" of the DX contest season fires
> up with the CQ World Wide DX Contest on SSB. If you're not a CW person
> then this is the one for you to jump in and grab some DX you need.
> There will be TONS on DX stations....some of the BIG GUN stations that
> can hear you even if you only have a dipole or vertical. It starts at
> 0000 UTC October 27. That is 7:00 PM local time Friday evening October
> 26 and it runs until 2359 UTC Sunday October 28 (6:59 PM local
> Sunday).
> 
> The contest exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. For those of us in
> Arkansas your CQ Zone is 4, so the report you will send after the
> station responds to your call will be simply Five Nine Four (59 4).
> Oh.....what if the station is NOT 59?? Don't worry about it and get
> over it.....send 59 as the report. The critical information they are
> judged on is that they correctly copy the zone #.
> 
> As I noted before, just about all  of these stations will upload their
> logs to LoTW so QSL'ing is very easy.
> 
> What do mean you don't have an antenna up right now????????? You have
> two weeks to throw up a simple dipole in the trees or whatever you
> have out in the yard. We've talked about this many times on this
> reflector and at our meetings. Simply run it north and south so your
> maximum signal projects east & west. That will cover a broad azimuth.
> 
> So, you now have NO excuse. There is nothing on TV to watch and I know
> you're tired of all of the political ads (they'll get worse in the
> next two weeks!) so throwing up an effective dipole should not take
> over an hour or two. Don't have any wire?? Go to Lowe's or Home Depot.
> Can't afford any wire? Drop me a note.
> 
> There WILL be DX stations on the air that you need.....get on the air
> and WORK THEM!!!
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN