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    Our next chapter in Contest Butt-Hurt begins in just an hour.

    It's time once again for CQ WW WPX SSB.

    http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

    Who's playing this weekend? KS3D will be in S&P mode, as usual.
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    "Island Bartender" KG4CGC's Avatar
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    This will be a good time to test those antennas. Make actual contacts from a variety of different locations.

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    Perhaps a good chance to make some DX contacts with the 505...?
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    This will be a good time to test those antennas.
    I know all of my antennas work great because EVERYBODY gives me a 59!
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    Quote Originally Posted by n0iu View Post
    I know all of my antennas work great because EVERYBODY gives me a 59!
    You are indeed a lucky operator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Perhaps a good chance to make some DX contacts with the 505...?
    I was thinking about using either the FT-726R and its HF module on 10 and 15 or connecting up my TS-660 and doing same.
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    "I know all of my antennas work great because EVERYBODY gives me a 59!"

    Your signal is 5 and 9, 5 and 9, please repeat your callsign...........
    "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you."
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    73 de Warren KB2VXA
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    Good news: Propagation is better than it has been in a long time.

    Bad news: Other than a few state QSO parties, the only real contest is the Italian ARI International DX contest and the 10-10 Spring CW Contest.

    The problem?

    Not enough contests!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kb2vxa View Post
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    Your signal is 5 and 9, 5 and 9, please repeat your callsign...........
    I tried to joke about that over in the dump over yonder and holy cow did that get turned into a big deal... Wound up with a few points, a public reprimand for reacting to being badgered to the point of finally going off on the person who clearly didn't "get it" (I still have a copy of the original post that got deleted), and a vacation for a few days...
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    Quote Originally Posted by KC9SQR View Post
    I tried to joke about that over in the dump over yonder and holy cow did that get turned into a big deal... Wound up with a few points, a public reprimand for reacting to being badgered to the point of finally going off on the person who clearly didn't "get it" (I still have a copy of the original post that got deleted), and a vacation for a few days...
    How do you know you have points? Does it show up under your callsign like when the used the 3 color square method of public shaming?

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