<div>The hottest CW time is on 40m in the first hour. Last year I had a 90 first hour, nearly all 40m CW, running 100w to a dipole at 35'. 40 CW for the first few hours is usually hot, and then 80 and 40 in the evening hours are usually hot. </div>
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<div>I had over 500 CW QSOs as a SOHP, and both KW8N and I eclipsed the previous HP record. I find it hard to say there was a lack of CW QSOs to be had. If you look at my submission, I had about 170-180 CW QSOs on each band 20-80. </div>
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<div>73 and thanks for all the fun this year!</div>
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<div>Kenny K2KW<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Robert Lunsford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kb8uey@yahoo.com" target="_blank">kb8uey@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">I would say it had a lot to do with location and even more with timing. I spent about 3 hours of the test on CW and only netted 16 QSO's. 5 of those were when others asked us to go to cw to meet them.<br>
<br>Rob KB8UEY (aka W8W)<br><br>--- On Tue, 8/31/10, Mike Tindor AA8IA <<a href="mailto:aa8ia@aa8ia.org" target="_blank">aa8ia@aa8ia.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>> From: Mike Tindor AA8IA <<a href="mailto:aa8ia@aa8ia.org" target="_blank">aa8ia@aa8ia.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [OhQP-mail] Lack of CW Activity - or was it QRP or QLF?<br>> To: "Hank Greeb" <<a href="mailto:n8xx@arrl.org" target="_blank">n8xx@arrl.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:ohqp-mail@ohqp.org" target="_blank">ohqp-mail@ohqp.org</a><br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:mrrc@contesting.com" target="_blank">mrrc@contesting.com</a><br>> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 8:03 PM<br>
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<div>> 80m CW was far from disappointing to<br>> me. I think it must have been more unique<br>> to where you live or because you were running<br>> QRP. Here in EOH I had no problem funding<br>> many many CW signals on 80m. Perhaps not as<br>
> many as I expected. I knew that with the<br>> massive PR blitz there would be increased activity -- I<br>> guess I was thinking it was going to all show up on<br>> CW. I doubt the contest has "gone" SSB, but<br>
> rather I am guessing that a significant number of first-time<br>> OhQP stations that were on the air this year probably chose<br>> SSB. It's a lot easier for clubs and such to<br>> find SSB ops for a QSO Party I would think.<br>
><br>> So if the increase in SSB is directly related to the number<br>> of additional stations on the air this year that weren't on<br>> last year/previous years, I certainly don't mind the<br>> additional SSB. I'm just saddened that I<br>
> didn't count on that. Had I been prepared<br>> to operate on 80m SSB it certainly would have increased the<br>> fun factor for me. Next year I won't make<br>> that mistake, and I welcome all the additional<br>
> SSB. I worked a few of them, and it sure<br>> sounded like they were having a lot of fun, in a very<br>> relaxed sort of way. I can dig that.<br>><br>> Mike<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Greeb" <<a href="mailto:n8xx@arrl.org" target="_blank">n8xx@arrl.org</a>><br>
> To: <<a href="mailto:ohqp-mail@ohqp.org" target="_blank">ohqp-mail@ohqp.org</a>><br>> Cc: <<a href="mailto:mrrc@contesting.com" target="_blank">mrrc@contesting.com</a>><br>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:01 PM<br>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] Lack of CW Activity - or was it QRP or<br>> QLF?<br>><br>><br>> ><br>> > I found a few "runs" on 75 SSB, but I was<br>> semi-disappointed with 80 CW. Things seemed too run out<br>
> quickly, and I went to S&P and found few "new" stations<br>> each time.<br>> ><br>> > Has the contest gone to a majority of SSB?<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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