Last weekend of November! The
CQ WW CW contest keeps alive the radio amateur bands. I am not really fond of CW mode. I never hid my love for the digital modes, mostly
PSK. On the other hand with
SCIMMER and so many decoders in our disposal, CW became just another digital mode. Still it remains the only one that human brain can decode. What machine can not handle, brain helps and the one confirms the other. So the game becomes more interesting, at least for guys like me who are not skilled
cwers. With these thoughts in mind I decided to join the test this year. My tool was the
MixW2,
updated to the v2.19 beta. It
run all the contest
faultlessly.
I made more than 2 hundred
QSO. I worked easily rare
DX entities that
otherwise it would be very
difficult to work. I give you a small list:
PJ2T, D4C, KP2M,
HC8N, B1Z, AH2T, 3X5A, 5H3
EE, 9J3A. Also I worked many stations from USA, Japan and Africa. I spent a really great time. Well maybe my score was low but I had a great time... and I found out that finally my dicision was right.
2008 is going to an end with a spotless sun. This prolonged minimum is very annoying indeed. I hope that sooner or later sun will wake up and do its duty. By the way we have results for EPC PSK63 party 2008. Very big scores! Too many participants as the active members are more than 5000. No chance to get a descent place. I just got the first place in Greece. Not a big deal. But let forget all as the post is to wish you a Happy New year 2009 with a lot of radio activity, many dx and happy contesting time!
