Sweepstakes CW

Next up is our good old, retro, W/VE get together, the Sweepstakes. Times at right. Long complicated exchanges, and mults count only once.
But no fear, usually CW speeds are moderate and all of us are challenged by the multiple fields to copy. Repeats are routine.

Between the mult-once scoring and bottomed-out solar conditions, expect activity to be crammed into 40 and 20 in daytime and 80 at night. If you have a good 160 setup, it may be less crowded.

Tips:
If you find EWA, don’t let him escape.
The other callsign is part of the exchange, that’s where you can catch up your typing. This also helps with S&P.
VY1AAA was said to be QRT but is now reported (on YCCC group) to be active; clean sweep may yet be possible.

GL,
Dave K1SX
Contest Mgr.

2 comments on “Sweepstakes CW

  1. TNX for the info Dave. Always one of my favorite contests, so I’ll be in there. Running 100 watts so I don’t have to tune the amp on band changes. Will try to keep my BIC as much as possible. We usually have a good CTRI showing for this one and the phone version in 2 weeks. GL to everyone. — John, W1XX

  2. Power finally came back on, and some fallen trees were moved with the tractor. My 20 year old generator would not run smooth this outage so I did not switch over to it. Looking up at the mast on the main tower everything survived but a little skewed on the mast. I did finally get QRV for SS CW with 40 QSOs on 20 and 40 meters running low power for 31 multipliers, so 2480 points and happy to not have to climb. The best part is that the log is in and done. 73 – Chris, WB2VVV

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