zero bias: a cq editorial

5-9-14 … 10!

RICH MOSESON

Football call? Nope. Winning Powerball numbers? I wish … Contest exchange? Yes, and one that made me very happy to hear. When I turned my rig on around noon on Saturday of the CQWW DX Contest SSB weekend, I was greeted by dozens of stations reporting “5-9, 14,” meaning (for non-contesters) that I had a strong signal (5-by-9) into Western Europe (CQ Zone 14). Now, there’s generally nothing especially unusual about that. In fact, if you look at last month’s Contesting column, you’ll see that Tim, N3QE, has determined that Zone 14 is the most commonly reported zone in the CQWW. In addition, contacts between Zone 14 and Zone 5 (my zone) were the second-most commonly reported. So what made these Zone 14 stations special? They were on 10 meters,…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2022

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