Thanks Bert. Sorry I'm going to miss it, I'm just glad the FQP is a phone contest so there won't be any confusion among the WPX operators (the ones who didn't go to Dayton). Too bad there hasn't bee
I just took delivery of my WX0B SO2R box this past week and wanted to comment that this thing looks really GREAT. Very professional looking and includes features that I did not even think of supporti
Not sure why, but yesterday I had it in my brain that nominations were by callarea and not east/west. My comments and suggestions remain the same: 1) Pick the best 5 operators from east and west rega
Hi Bruce, I'll have to say that I respectfully disagree with your opinion on this one. I think this event is a great excuse to get together with contest friends from around the world. Based on what
We used a TS830 this weekend to run, and I thought I would pass one a few observations: - I like the receiver better. Can't explain it. I just do. - The noise blanker in the 830 works. The MP's doesn
I would not suggest it. Very prone to overload of the frontend. Horrible on the low bands due to this problem. Really a shame, because the UI of the radio is good. 73 Bill, W4AN -- CQ-Contest on WWW:
Hi Ward, One of the best analogies that I can come up with for the PED competition is the 10 year old kid my neighborhood who can easily beat any grown-up in a car racing video game. Based on your co
I recieved some private mail from KQ2M who made some very good points about the pileup type competitions. It might be a very good measure of one particular skill that goes in to making a great contes
I created a new web site for my station. Although this in itself isn't probably newsworthy, the principles behind this site might be... This site will act as my notepad, diary, 2do list, and informat
I was pondering this WRTC thing on the red-eye back to Atlanta last night, and I was thinking about the fact that Super Check Partial is banned from WRTC, but not from ANY other contest. This would s
http://w8ji.com/Click/3653 Tom Rauch has published research in to the 1000MP key click problem and a modification that just about anyone can do on their own radio. I hope all of you MP owners will co
I've had a lot of questions recently about my status and the status of contesting.com. So, let me fill you all in. I'm most likely going to be moving to Seattle Washington this summer to help start a
I'm looking for a place to operate IARU from Washington or VE7 as a single-op all band entrant. Would really like to find some place with two radios (I'll bring the hardware to make them play and can
VY1JA posted an Alpha 76 for sale at the RadioSwap on Contesting.com and says he is getting out of radio. What's up with that? 73 Bill -- Forwarded message -- From: admin@contesting.com To: w4an@cont
The CQ Magazine contest survey on technology was put on line at http://www.contesting.com/K1ARSurvey.htm . If any of you haven't answered the survey, I invite you to do so. I will be taking the page
Ooops... I'm typing too fast again. http://www.contesting.com/_towertalk/9903/ Sorry for the mistake. 73 bill -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-
In 1998 I added significantly to my 10M antenna choices. Currently I have the following choices... 1) 5/5 (105CA) at 50' over 25' rotating 2) 7el on 34' boom at 120' 3) 7el on 34' boom at 37' 4) 8/8
An April date for WPX CW is an interesting idea. Probably better propagation and no conflict with the Memorial Day weekend here in the states. I know for sure Memorial Day taps in to participation. I
and Hi Fred, The one thing that I found to be tremendously different the two times that I operated from up your way was how easy it was to get a frequency and hold a frequency. I recall not ever havi
Hey Ron. I always send the other guys callsign when I S&P if there is any doubt about who I am working or if there appears to be two stations on the same frequency. It may get you another QSO later