...well first, understand that I am operating in Colorado in a CC&R neighborhood...so the best I can do is is put up a small temporary vertical (with radials)...and typically when I check 20m CW the band is very, very empty...15m cw is like no-man's land
...so, I am not one of those that claim they worked 75 new countries, over any given weekend, qrp, with a "whatsit mobile stick"...I have plenty of radios, and amps, and the vertical...but 20cw is pretty empty...until a contest weekend...then all sorts of stuff starts happening
...so, I'm wondering, has our operating habits changed in that we work far less casual cw and cw dx and merely wait for the contest weekends and then operate like there is no tomorrow

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