[Fists] why DXpeditions use cw?

[ATanner283@aol.com]

Besides, a good CW op can pop off contact after contact and rarely have to 
request a re-send on the call signs. If you listen to an SSB pileup, more time 
is spent repeating than working. This is due in part to an awful lot of hams 
who do not know what country they are in, or what call sign area they are in. 
Added to the cat calls, insults, tuner-uppers, carriers, rtty, and sound 
effects, it is hard to work DX on phone. Once you develop a good technique, working 
DX on CW is relatively easy, even with the largest of pile ups, and mega power 
is not required to make the contact, as it often is with phone. The last few 
years, however, the QRM level on CW has been getting worse, but still nothing 
compared to SSB. Good luck......................Al/W8FAX 2192     EH


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