[W8MWA] CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest this weekend

[Spence Graham]

Safe Contesting Suggestions from CQ
If you're "sheltering in place" or otherwise stuck at home to help prevent
the spread of coronavirus, keep in mind that the CQ World Wide WPX SSB
Contest on the weekend of March 28-29 is the perfect way to have some fun
and keep connected with the outside world.

However, we want to make sure you practice "safe contesting," especially if
you're planning a multi-operator effort.

A few suggestions:
* Consider staying at home and operating single-op (except for family
stations)

* Consider remote multi-op with operators "traveling" to your station via
the internet instead of in-person (if you're equipped for it and if your
ops will all be legal)

* If you're too far along in planning an in-person multi-op operation,
please follow "social distancing" recommendations, including:

   - setting up operating positions at least six feet (two meters) apart;
   - not sharing microphones/headphones/computer keyboards without first
   wiping them down with disinfectant wipes;
   - staggering meal breaks to keep from having everyone together at one
   time;
   - not sharing sleeping/napping spots,
   - not touching your face, and of course,
   - washing your hands for at least 20 seconds between every contact
   (well, maybe not quite that often, but you get the idea).


We want all of you not only to enjoy this contest but many more to come as
well!

73, stay healthy, and good luck in the contest,
Your friends at CQ

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-- 
73,

Spence

*Spencer W. Graham, II*
*WT8WV*
*73 Crosby Road*
*Morgantown, WV 26508*

*2017-2019 VP of Monongalia Wireless Association http://www.w8mwa.org/
<http://www.w8mwa.org/> *
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