[ADXA] ARRL CW DX contest

Tue Feb 21 15:50:10 EST 2023

It is an EXCELLENT idea!! Sadly it won't work  :-(((

ZN

On 2023-02-21 13:47, Bill Priakos wrote:

> Didn't know all of those rules, Joel...thanks for straightening me out. 
> It seemed like a good idea at the time.
> 
> B
> 
> Bill Priakos
> 
> Stockton Cottage
> 
> Stake Bay
> 
> Cayman Brac
> 
> Cayman Islands,BWI
> 
> 479.461.8368
> 
> From: w5zn at w5zn.org <w5zn at w5zn.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 2:42 PM
> To: Bill Priakos <bill at priakos.com>
> Cc: Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>; adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>; Stan 
> Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] ARRL CW DX contest
> 
> Thanks Bill !.
> 
> Nice to hear Stan is coming on board.
> 
> Regarding the log, glad you marked ADXA as the club but it won't count 
> for our club competition score since it is outside the geographical 
> area we are required to adhere to. But it sure looks nice !!!!!
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> 
> On 2023-02-21 13:26, Bill Priakos wrote:
> 
> At ZF5T, we almost ALWAYS ended with tu zf5t.  it was in the N1MM set 
> up at ZF5T.
> 
> Incidentally, Stan has submitted our log for the operation with 
> Arkansas DX Association as the club.  TKS to K5FUV for suggesting it.  
> Stan will be submitting his application for membership.  I am honored 
> to be his sponsor.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill, W5SJ....back from "the Brac"
> 
> Bill Priakos
> 
> Stockton Cottage
> 
> Stake Bay
> 
> Cayman Brac
> 
> Cayman Islands,BWI
> 
> 479.461.8368
> 
> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On 
> Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 5:39 AM
> To: Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>
> Cc: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] ARRL CW DX contest
> 
> That's the second thing that annoys me in contests, Stan. I normally 
> run non-assisted in contests. I prefer to find stations on my own and 
> not just chase spots but some of these stations, like you mentioned, 
> assume everyone is using the cluster for spots and knows who they are, 
> and won't send their callsign for quite a while.
> 
> That's been a topic of discussion at times on some of the contest 
> reflectors.
> 
> ZN
> 
> On 2023-02-20 18:16, Stan Ross wrote:
> 
> Got my minuscule score submitted with the ADXA box checked.  I only did 
> S&P, but found myself waiting as long as 5 or 6 minutes for the DX 
> station to give his call.
> 
> Guess when you're running, you expect everyone already knows your 
> call..
> 
> Off soapbox....
> 
> VR
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 20, 2023, at 12:17 PM, Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I submitted my log with the club affiliation - thanks for the reminder.
> 
> One thing I forgot to mention about the contest....I wish they would 
> stop putting "automatic zero beat" on rigs.  There is a lot of CW 
> operation during contests, and many are trying it even with little 
> experience. As a little pistol looking for a clear spot,  I called CQ 
> on 10M above 28.100, so I tended to attract the 100 watt guys, the QRP 
> guys, and the straight-keyers.   Most of these were good operators, but 
> there were many times when I stood by and there was just a continuous 
> tone.  5 or 6 stations calling, all exactly zero beat, does not make 
> for good copy.  Also, they would all call initially and then there 
> would be silence.  After not getting a response, someone should have 
> started calling strategically.  Usually if I waited 3 or 4 5 seconds, 
> someone would, but they should have been much more aggressive, and 
> should have moved their TX frequency 200 Hz or so up or down to stand 
> out.  I see this a lot in POTA activations, Arkansas QSO Party, etc, 
> but I don't remember it to this extent in a DX contest.  I guess the 
> fantastic conditions on 10 meters brought out everyone and that's a 
> good thing!
> 
> Looks like I got only about 8 new band counters, though, so George and 
> John are still safe.....
> 
> 73,
> 
> Dennis/RZ
> 
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:34 AM <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
> 
> Sounds great Dennis !!!!
> 
> Just a reminder to everyone, please do not forget to submit a log and
> list "Arkansas DX Assn" as your ARRL Affiliate Club. We are in the drop
> down box on the web submission form.
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
> 
> On 2023-02-19 21:08, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
>> I started out planning to cruise for some new band counters.   I also
>> wanted to test my "guy wire sloping vertical" on 80 and my 160m
>> inverted-L.   The 80m did very well, with 38 Q's and good signals from
>> Europe.  The 160m is effective and produced booming signals from down
>> South but noise covered any EU.  it did let me work ZF5T, though, so I
>> got them on 6 bands again.
>> 
>> Saturday morning blew my plans up, though.  I did some searching and
>> pouncing on 10 and there were so many EU stations that my rate stayed
>> between 120-150 per hour, and then I called CQ.   You'd have thought I
>> was on Bouvet - the EU pileup was amazing.   I hadn't intended a big
>> effort, so I extracted myself during a lull and did other things until
>> working a few JAs in the early evening.  After the 10:00 news, I did
>> one run through 40 meters, and worked a few more on 80 and 160.
>> 
>> I slept until almost 7 on Sunday.  I worked a JA on 40 for the
>> multiplier, and did one pass through 20 meters, then 15.  Then back to
>> 10 for nonstop action for a couple of hours.   Late in the day,  I
>> collected a few mults on 20.
>> 
>> The final score was 404,000, with over 600 Q's, 424 of which were on
>> 10 meters.  Including time spent chasing new band counters, messing
>> with antennas, etc, I spent about 10 hours.
>> 
>> Dennis/RZ
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