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Subj: Re: Contest today (Mr Bob)
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 13:23:12 +0000
From: g0ftd@gb7pzt.#24.gbr.eu (Andy)
To: cwdx@ww
Subject: Re: Contest today (Mr Bob)
VK6BE wrote:-
> Europe has been thundering in on CW today in some contest.
It was the CQ WPX contest.
The RSGB news 2 weeks ago said it was an SSB contest, and then the news
issued a few days before the contest failed to mention it at all.
Typical RSGB, can't get anything right.
> It was 14mHz all day and now 7 and 3.5 megs are going strong.
28Mhz is going well with european stations on it.
For once 28Mhz activity is in abundance whilst the 27Mhz band remains
devoid of activity.
50Mhz appears open. I'm monitoring 48.250Mhz where there is strong video
from Spain. Just for fun I'm logging the s-meter data from it to the
laptop. I'm using the Icom 706's CI-V data port to extract the data.
I'm also using another rx with the opposite polarisation (vertical),
which seems to be producing a slightly better signal.
I've sent a signal strenngth plot over time as a JPG file for you to
see, 50MHZ-ES.JPG so look out for it.
> The use of CW is still quite common in spite of the mode being dropped
> from the amateur licence requirements, and in spite of the claims that
> it is a dead mode..
The last CW contest produced CW from 14.000 - 14.150 MHz on 20m.
I don't think CW will die. I say that in strict pragmatism, as opposed to
some raving reactionary CW fascist.
- Andy -
G0FTD @ GB7PZT
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