[HCRA] Will CW triumph once again???

[Jim - KK1W]

Well folks,

 

The little ‘wager’ between myself and Kx1x (aka LATEboy) is almost over.
Once again it looks like CW may have the edge once again.

 

Just to refresh your memory the challenge was for John to exceed my score in
the CW part of the ARRL DX contest by 150%. Most contests give CW a two to
one advantage so I look at the 150% goal as a gift! Still, it didn’t appear
to be enough to keep it close, you be the judge.

 

There are approximately 2 ½ hours left in the contest and the score at
getscores.org for John is 277,290. My score for the CW portion was 236, 412
so the number to exceed is 354, 618. There was also some talk of exceeding
600 Q’s and he’s sitting at 476. Time is getting short – anyone want to
guess on who will end up as the winner?

 

All kidding aside 476 Q’s and 277K points is a nice accomplishment and 1x
should be congratulated for his efforts. Like most of us a lot of contest
time is spent with family responsibilities. Finding 12 hours or so out of
the 48 is a difficult task.

 

I hope many of our members had a chance to work some DX this weekend. The
bands were pretty good and all the DX was looking for US and Canadian
contacts. If not you still have a few hours to get on the air and have fun!

 

’73


 

Jim, KK1W