Is it me, or are these pileups kinda silly given the rarity? I didn't think CY0 was such a coveted entity.
Not really. It is not likely to be an ATNO for many NA stations.
But, there are a
lot of bands to be filled. It is perhaps not for nothing that they commenced operations on 17m and 30m, which according to Clublog are (comparatively) less activated.
Moreover, it
is 49th on the world-wide need list. Just because it is easy for us doesn't make it easy for everyone.
Suggestion: Go do a "rent a shack" sometime. Lots of Caribbean islands have contesting stations that can be rented for a week or so. Just show up and operate (maybe get a license, maybe just run CEPT). You can
be the DX yourself with minimal fuss.
I guarantee that there will be pileups, hefty ones, especially on the WARC bands or 80/160. 6m, if they have it, can easily be a feeding frenzy if it is open at all. But you can even raise a pile on 20.
I expected to find I didn't need much for CY0. I took a closer look and found out I had a lot of band slots to fill after all. Shouldn't really be so. But it is so. I'm off filling them.