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   Al,   
      
    AK> The bands were wide open for the CQWW SSB Contest Last weekend.   
      
    AK> It looks like the solar conditions are picking up.   Been working a lot   
    AK> of 12 meter FT8 looking for new countries too.   
      
    AK> Looks like we can expect the same for the CQWW CW Contest the end of   
    AK> the month and also for the WAE RTTY Contest in a week.   
      
     I talked to several hams, and they said that with all the contesters...   
   many tuning up, etc. on top of others...it was almost impossible to do   
   nets, etc. -- unless you were on the WARC bands.   
      
     This weekend is the ARRL CW Sweepstakes, with the Phone Sweepstakes in   
   2 weeks.   
      
     Contesting never appealed to me, though. Yet, with ham radio, there's   
   something in it for everybody. My niches are traffic nets, VE Testing,   
   and doing a forum for new hams.   
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
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