摘自：arrl contest rate sheet for 2007-10-31 (october 31, 2007)
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welcome, china!
the following post-contest cq ww ssb report has been a long time
coming in amateur radio contesting:
call: b7p
operator(s): ba7nq bd7jlr bd7ixg bd7in bg7jsq bd7ksf ba7ja ba7ia
ba7jg ba7ni bd7lhy bd7oh bl7ic bg7mvz vr2ydc xx9bb
station: b7p
class: m/m hp
qth: foshan
operating time (hrs): 48
summary:
band qsos zones countries
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160: 6 4 2
80: 263 25 65
40: 663 30 82
20: 1112 36 110
15: 1328 36 106
10: 758 22 59
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total: 4130 153 424 total score = 4,681,778
comments:
we first time run cqww dx ssb contest in m/m. many funs! thanks for
the qso.
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well, thank you! note the category - multi-multi - and the fine
score! there were lots of chinese stations in the logs this year,
even with the relatively poor conditions and the long path to the
usa. european contesters no doubt worked even more.
as the chinese economy continues to grow and modernize, there is no
reason why that shouldn't also be reflected on the air. imagine what
the bands will be like in a few years as 15 and even 10 meters start
to open solidly to the far east.
will all of the chinese be operating on phone only? i rather doubt
it since morse has been part of china's military communications for
many years. like western hams, they will find that cw gets through
where phone won't and that many more cw signals can be packed into a
given amount of spectrum space. given the chinese familiarity with
density, why shouldn't these calls also be heard on cw? and digital,
too, using the nearly ubiquitous sound card and free software.
western contest sponsors can help the new competitors come up to
speed as quickly as possible. we can share information and
experiences about operating, equipment, contest sponsorship,
training, and the rules. the chinese will be making their
contributions to dxing and contesting, too. i am particularly
interested in how they manage the low bands from a standpoint of both
limited space and spectral pollution. as we know from our own
experiences, necessity is a powerful driver of innovation.
when will the first chinese-sponsored dx contest be announced? what
will be its rules? chinese teams have appeared at wrtc - when will
they enter the top ten? will the ja and hl hams rise to the new
challenge for asian supremacy on the air? restrictions in thailand
have recently been relaxed, with many new e21 calls on the air. and
what about the vu ham community? if every cloud has a silver lining,
the tsunami of two years ago and the subsequent amateur response has
pulled back the limits on indian amateur radio a bit more.
just think, the world's two largest populations are about to begin
joining us on the airwaves! western hemisphere hams can look forward
to an ear-opening experience in a few years when the muf to and from
asia begins to rise and stay put. europeans are already seeing this
new population in their logs, so maybe they can tip us off as to what
is coming! i, for one, am excited to see it!
73, ward n0ax
