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Peter NO2R will be active in CQ WW 160m CW Contest from Cambodia.

As a good teaching aid I used the recording of K9PG operating ZF2MM in ARRL SSB. Very much usefull listening. Of course I do not appeal to copy somebody's style exactly.

There is an excited discussion now in CQ-Contest reflector, sometimes turning into opposition, concerning "open logs".

Ray WQ7R will be active in CQ WW 160m 2009 CW contest from Honduras with call sign HQ9R

I wanted to publish this summary later, but finally decided to do it now. Although ARRL DX CW 2009 will take place in more than a month, many contesters are already concerned about "where to go?". I believe that this information will help them to make a final decision.

There are only 2 more qualifying tests left in the selection race to the WRTC 2010. These are - RDXC 2009 and “On site championship of Russian Federation” (I am talking here about Russians). I would like to share some thoughts about selection Formula or “Selection criteria for participation in”World Radiosport Team Championship 2010” (“WRTC 2010”)

Finally I worked my first USA and that was Bob N7UA at around 04z. In the first 5 hours I had over 350 QSOs in the log from 13 zones and 56 countries! With a short vertical, 700W TX and no RX antennas! I was fevering! I couldnt wait till the next round.

A rare opportunity presented itself in July 2004 when I was invited by Alexander, 4L5A to assist him with hardware upgrading at his D44TT/D4B contest location before the WAE CW contest.

From Scott Robbins (W4PA) article "The 2005 ARRL International DX CW Contest. Is now the "good old days" of contesting?"