[ADXA] IARU Contest

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Just to give you a little taste of the prop today, I just worked HZ1TT 
in Saudi Arabia and ZM1A in New Zealand.......plus a ton of EU so I'd 
say its pretty good from all over!

ZN


On 2019-07-13 17:06, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
> If you didn't already know, or have noticed this weekend through
> tomorrow morning is the annual IARU contest. It runs on both CW and
> SSB and there are a lot of good DX stations on the air, so GET ON THE
> AIR AND WORK SOME DX!!
> 
> Its hot outside so this is always a good break in the summer time to
> run some Q's in the test. I have a very fond memory of this one as I
> was invited to be the 20 meter CW op for W100AW back in 2014 and ran
> the 20 meter CW station there. Lots of fun with a callsign that added
> 40 dB to the signal !!!!! I racked up almost 3,000 Q's in 24 hours.
> 
> If you aren't already aware, the exchange is your ITU zone. This is
> difference from your CQ zone that is used in the CQWW and other CQ
> contests. In Arkansas we are in ITU Zone 7.
> 
> I've enjoyed running some CW today however it has confused me greatly!
> I've been reading about how BAD propagation is but gosh, sigs from all
> over are very loud. Its amazing how we can sit back on become
> convinced that propagation is horrible and dead however if no one is
> on the air transmitting, and everyone is just listening or worse,
> wasting time in a chat room on the computer, you will NEVER know if
> that prop is good or bad.
> 
> Stop listening to the whiners, weenies and complainers.....GET ON THE
> AIR AND WORK SOME GUD DX in this contest!
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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