[SFDXA] CQ WW 160 CW contest: the big one!

[Bill Marx]

 From Tony N2MFT


    CQ WW 160 CW contest: the big one!

CQ WW 160 CW contest: the big one!

Contesters,

The most fascinating event of the year is quickly approaching!

More than contesters, we are first DXers and we all know what a rush it 
is to work a DX station on the *TOP BAND*!During the *CQWW 160 Meter 
contest* (27/29 January) the challenge is two-fold.

We need to be prepared to copy signals, very often weak signals, in a 
very crowded band.

Outside of contest periods the DX is more readable as the band is much 
quieter, but during contest time it is a different story, that of loud 
signals very close to each other making everything ten times as difficult.

To put together a competitive station often means to increase the type 
and number of RX systems and the directional patterns covered. Different 
systems mean different receiving characteristics which better allow for 
changing band conditions.

Many stations will log more than 1000 QSOs in a single weekend. It is 
possible to work really tough countries just because the paths between 
us and the DX is not normally so easily bridged on 160 meters!

Personally, after tens of thousands of contest QSOs during the past 20 
years, there is a QSO that I always remember in a special way: back in 
1995 it just so happened that I worked KL7RA during CQWW 160 CW and it 
was so unpredictable that I fell in love with the Top Band!

So, don’t get the idea that it’s an impossible band to work!

It is just THE TOP BAND!

The important thing is to be there ready to seize the moment!

To check the rules and much more http://www.cq160.com/rules.htm

GL in the contest!

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