#CQWW DX SSB contest this weekend

Never done any contesting, or just starting to contest for the first time? Don't be afraid, contesting is just fun. That counts especially for the biggest contests every year. This weekend there will be a world wide contest. Everyone can work everyone contest, no difficult to hear progressive numbers but just a standard report exchange (599) and the CQ number of you area (the Netherlands will be 14). You can also do a multi operator effort with your friends. You can build a station on a better location compared to your home like we did for a few years.  Last year we tried the new multi distributed/explorer section  but unfortunately the Dutch telecom authorities warned us this would not be legal at this moment. We did make an objection but of course the answer will take time.

So this year wil be a single operator partake for me. I will start in the SO All band Low power section but this could change to 10M single band depending on propagation. Of course very important is to do some preparations before the contest. I've been looking at a interesting video from W1DED on YT on how some of the top contesters prepare for this contest. I've done a lot of preps for contests in the past. But for me it is not about winning. I like to work the DX, especially on the 10M band. It would be nice to work DXCC during the weekend, I've done it before and so it is possible. I miss the multiband halo however which is a disadvantage. Due to some work that was done on our house I was at home this morning giving me some time to do a few preparations. I made a short video here. Good luck if you participate in the CQWW this weekend and I hope I work some of you readers...