Arizona outlaws contest club

[Corey]

Who here has listened to them?

I was listening in on my Yaesu 857D radio this morning outside of Safeway around 4:45 am waiting for them to open up, and I was scanning the 7 MHz band and I could hear some single side band action going on with it on AM.
I pushed the button to LSB and used the big dial to fine tune the guy in, and he kept repeating "CQ contest, November Seven Alpha Tango."
Others would answer in the distance, but he came in loud and clear.

I pushed the tune button on the radio to tune the ATAS 120a antenna to get better reception, and then he started talking more.

After I came out of Safeway he was still talking, and I listed in on the drive home and in my parking spot.
Googled the call sign and found out it belongs to a club in AZ.
http://www.qrz.com/db/N7AT
http://www.facebook.com/pages/N7AT-Arizona-Outlaws-Contest-Club/174025606510

So are these kind of clubs just into DX working of far away stations?
This is the first time I have listened in on a CQ contest before.

 

[Ludedude]

This is the weekend of the CW World Wide DX SSB contest. It runs for 48 hours straight from 00Z on Saturday (Friday night in the US) until 00Z on Monday (Sunday night). It's the largest contest activity in the world. I'm sure if you listen around the bands you'll hear a lot more of that activity.

I had a big station when I lived back east and participated in these events religiously for more than a decade. Recently some friends built a large station (see w2re.com) and I'm going to be flying back for events starting next year. Should be fun

There are a lot of specialized ham radio clubs that focus on specific segments of the hobby. Some are into DX/contesting on the HF bands, some are into emergency comms, some are into VHF contesting etc.

 

[dwh]

Heh...the title made me think that Arizona had outlawed a contest club...

But no, it's the actual name of the club...

Arizona Outlaws Contest Club