[CW] W5YI groups suggestions on ham radio licensing

Mon, 5 Apr 2004 21:35:09 -0700 (PDT)

A very good point Scott.  Especially if you are going
to be in the public view for your special event
station.  Also, try to get on CW and give out QSOs
during your state QSO party.  The Illinois QSO party
has become primarily a CW contest due to just such an
effort.  There is some SSB activity, but nothing
compared to the CW activity, and many of the mobiles
never run SSB during the contest.  

I was also surprised at how much CW activity I got
during the Oklahoma QSO party.  I had pileups at time,
but I think some of it may have been that there wasn't
alot of CW activity.  Of course on 20, and on 340 in
the evening I couldn't hear the other OK stations due
to skip distance.

73s John NE0P/5
--- scott mcmullen <[email protected]> wrote:
> all good suggestions!
> 
> i have one more... just a minor one, really
> 
> i was looking at the 'special events' section in 
> april's qst. there were 23 special events stations
> listed for late march and april. all had frequencies
> listed that they plan to operate on. only 3 listed
> frequencies in the cw segments (and one of those may
> actually be psk31). that means only about 13% (or
> less) of the special events stations plan on
> operating with any cw!
> 
> this kind of thing gives hams generally the 
> impression that no one uses cw anymore.
> 
> so if you have an opportunity to participate in or
> organize a special event station, take advantage of
> it, and make a point of selecting a cw frequency 
> (or two) to list for it in qst.
> 
> on the other side, make a point of contacting the
> special event stations that list cw frequencies, and
> if you qsl, thank them for making the special event
> station available on cw!
> 
> just a thought!
> 73
> scott nj0e
> 
> 
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