ZERO BIAS EDITORIAL

The Annual DX Marathon

THIS is THE TIME of the year when contest operating starts in earnest. Usually the various operating activities sponsored by the ARRL and other radio societies are the principal topic of discussion among ham circles round about now. This year isn’t an exception with the possibility, of course, that the terrific 6-meter openings have stolen some of the thunder.

Contests are a phase of ham radio that some of the gang take very seriously, perhaps more so than the contests deserve, but by and large each one of them serves a very useful purpose—it gives a lot of the gang a lot of fun, and it improves the operating ability