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Bands still relatively busy
18 February 2013 | by I guess that a few folks who went places to operate for the ARRL DX Contest have stayed on a few days at their respective “vacation” spots. On the air today, I was hearing a lot of the call signs that I heard in the Caribbean from over the weekend. You would think that having completed major DX contest that these folks would be kicking back on the beach, soaking up the sun and sipping a cool libation from a coconut shell (complete with little umbrella, of course!).
I worked a couple of them; but the station that intrigued me the most was GM100RSGB, the Centennial Special Event Station for the RSGB from Scotland. At 1914 UTC, they were loud into New Jersey on 20 Meters, and I was able to work them with 5 Watts very easily. According to QRZ.com, this is what their QSL looks like:
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You got that right about the bands. I couldn’t believe working the Falklands and then R1ANU (South Shetland) on greyline from my home in Minnesota, using 100W and a dipole for 20 phone. Plus I nailed all 3 Cubans RRC operations this weekend. So stuff is out there, though you’ve got to dig.
I suggested to the League that they apply for W1ØØAW, which so far as I know is where they got the idea to apply for it. Whether the FCC agrees is of course another story.