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| ...z otrzymanej korespondencji ... raport CW Jimmiego SV1BTR z ARRL EME Thank you to all who were active on 2m-70cm-23cm cw last weekend. It has been a joy to work you and sorry to those I missed. Finished 1st leg with 6 on 2m, 25 on 70cm, 59 on 23cm. Down from last years. Mode, cw random. 2 comments from my side: a. moon conditions were pretty bad, with deep long qsb minimums due to libration (vy poor choice of contest weekend, again as high declination only, is a narrow minded and ignorant factor) , affecting 2m the most. Also higher bands, but as normal with shorter qsb duration but distortion especially on 23cm. Pls apogee, so high path loss. A deadly combo. 70cm polarity was most of the time close to 45 degrees. b. Never before I have seen so low activity on 2m cw in ARRL EME Contest, since 1994 that i participate. This is only because contest is mixed and everyone works digital being so easy with deep search, loggers, qso’s under the noise floor etc. I read a reflector mail where 306 stations were logged on 2m digi mode, whereas in cw random not more than 22 qrv in total have shown up, from discussions with other friends. The only State side station heard/wkd has been N4GJV. In an American EME Contest! For example in last yrs I had been working (100 on average each year 2003-2007, 60 in 2009, 41 in 2010, 45 in 2011, 29 in 2012 due to lost elevation in 1st leg), in cw random. Now, only 6 in 1st leg and i doubt what 2nd leg brings. In September’s ARI EME Contest cw I wkd 20 stations in 3 hrs qrv. This shows that a cw only, contest, brings entirely different results. Since 2001 cw eme community has been saying is all wrong and will harm cw to have a competition where the 2 modes co-exist. Of course we were systematically ignored by the person who lobbies ARRL and has the contest become mixed, so as to promote his mode. Due to this very unfortunate development of ARRL EME Contest being mixed (the only reason) with the devastating effect it has on 2m cw activity, I am seriously thinking to not participate from 2014 onwards. This downturn, well predicted in yrs but purposely left unattended, is frustrating to say the least. For this year of course, as a prelude, I will be active in 2nd leg on the 3 bands. 73 Jimmy SV1BTR |