I have been reading these e-mails with interest. I know that I am old but I don't like the electronic version of magazines. I have several subscriptions to magazines and have simply dropped the subsc
Charlie, I bet nobody complains when you call when there is a directional request being made. Haven't heard hardly any pileups from HSs lately. You can call me anytime. I also give my permission for
I got my December issue a while back but no January issue yet. I am just assuming that it is just real late. Interesting that everything is hush-hush. Bill W5VX it's not going to matter if CQ doesn't
I have been reading a lot of talk about the imminent demise of CQ, but no one has any real knowledge. I like most have had a problem with late CQ magazines for the last couple of months. So rather th
Frankly, I don't care if you ID or not. It is your decision. When we set up 6D2X back in the 90s we consciously decided to ID after every contact. It didn't seem to create too bad a problem since we
I am a little surprised at the complaint about LOTW. I have been using it since it started and find the current iteration to be pretty good. I was irritated a while back when it took long periods of
I was interested to read some of you folks comments. Once a month I upload my qsos to LOTW, e-QSL, and Clublog. My responses on LOTW have varied. I have been contesting and DXing for a long time. On
Wow Randy, that one letter really shook me up. The e-mail didn't make much sense to me. I had thought I clearly understood that rule. Thanks for the clarification.. although didn't make much differen
Igor, I think that I agree with Hans. If I am CQing and running stations, I repeat my call after every QSO. It is sent by the computer and I know that it is sent right. Unfortunately, in every contes
I agree that the prudent thing to do is just work them. Usually you are very loud and they are trying to find someone to QSO. Unfortunately, working one guy usually encourages a whole hosts of others
Over the last month or so I have gotten 3 messages that say that I have too many bounces and the robot unsubscribes me. It is easy to resubscribe from the e-mail but it is kind of strange. I seem to
Yes! I got my new issue for CQ March/April, just as promised. Good issue with lots of stuff. I can't imagine ham radio without CQ magazine. I have been a subscriber for many years and should have bec
According to this month's issue, they are going to. Bill W5VX What about all the issues they missed? Are they going to extend our subs? Mike W0MU _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
I don't know about those radios by my old rig, FT1000MP, had pretty bad key clicks. I believe that most of them do. I had a couple of guys bring it to my attention and got a mod done to eliminate the
I think that the M/S option is the fun category in the CQWW. I have operated in this category for years and I am not "big pistol". And as to "many others opting out of contesting" it sure seems that
It is hard for me to imagine any SS participant complaining about TOO MUCH activity, regardless of which section it is from. This has been a really strange thread! I say the more the merrier. Bill W5
Merry Christmas Rick Yes I have the Alpha 87A and the (Alpha-Delta DAS) They worked fine together except on 10 meters. Somehow it is very sensitive to RF on 10 meters and it wouldn't behave. I called
Actually I believe that they don't know how bad they sound. After I bought my previous radio, (FT1000), I thought it was pretty good and got a lot of complements. One day W8JI sent me a polite e-mail
How about we go back to the old way we used to use for ARRL contests. If you get two OO reports for the same contest you are disqualified! Sometime the old ways are the best! Bill W5VX --Original Mes
Dale, I think that we need to have rules that are posted for everyone to see. Have class guys like Randy officiate the contest and enjoy what we have. I am not much on vigilantes. Bill W5VX Hi Steve,