If money is an issue, those who really care about a particular contest ought to be willing to chip in a modest amount, in proportion to how much the contest means to them. I'd never pay to support a
The location of the transmitter. This will be addressed in 2006 revised rules. 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (_bhorn@hornucopia.com_ (mailto:bhorn@hornucopia.com) ) The logical answer as I see it. This might m
Jason, Welcome to the world of HF contesting! It's great that you had fun in the NAQP, and I'll be looking forward to working you in future contests. A good thing about HF contests is that there is o
This Saturday, August 27, is the Ohio QSO Party, sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club. It runs from 1600z to 0400z August 28. Full contest info is available at _www.oqp.us_ (http://www.oqp.us) In a
Today, Saturday, is the Ohio QSO Party, from 1600z to 0400z Sunday (Noon to midnight EDT). As anyone who operates in such events knows, mobile activity is what makes the contest a success. As of this
Well, I don't feel insulted by the NCCC's use of multiple stations at a given location. I consider it a mild form of flattery by imitation. Rule 3.4 is not about what constitutes a "station". It just
Somebody somewhere can make a callsign as long as they like, like HA800IARU or TG0FRACAP. There's no limit. With stock calls I'd think the limit would be a 2x3 portable in a 2x1 prefix county, like V
With a fairly large probability that I have missed something that the feature gives you, what is it that I am missing that is so important with the the CW use of PTT? The ability to switch relays in
Concerning making logs available for public review, is there a person, or site, to which one can send a log to be posted for public consumption after the log submission deadline? It would be very eas
There's a reason this contest has become so popular - it's REALLY HARD TO WIN. And because it's hard, it requires people who want to really compete to take it very seriously, and that seriousness fil
Gentlemen, it came to my notice during the CQWW SSB Contest that it would be a whole lot easier and quicker if everyone used the correct phonetic alphabet and dropped the ''Guatamalas,Londons and Jap
The Maritime Net is not a "check in and ragchew net". Sure, the net control stations call for check-ins and keep the frequency "occupied". I check into the net quite often when in the USA and have be
You don't necessarily have to use homonyms or other weird phonetics to come up with a doozie. My favorite using standard phonetics, is that of WZ0Z. Try "Whiskey Zulu Zero Zulu" a few times in a row
My favorite from this weekend was W4 Kermit The Frog. I wonder if he worked K8 Big Bird. As for the problems if your call ended in FU, I had an experience along those lines this year in the Pennsylva
Hey, the rules for WPX were changed to allow points for WPX and that is a great contest. Why not CQWW? -- In CQ WW there are six multipliers available for working your own county. Maybe it will also
Once we get done with the question of CQWW DX Contest, perhaps we can consider the problem of the Florida QSO Party. After the first few hours FQP gets pretty slow, with the only new stuff to work be
The recent death of Eugene McCarthy reminded me of a great line attributed to him, concerning the qualities of an ideal football coach. Especially with all the kvetching here on CQ-Contest in recent
To paraphrase some wise sage, if you're filling up a band map before the start of the contest, you're probably losing. If you're ragchewing away, holding a good frequency, you may be winning. 73 - Ji
Never been there or done that, but I'd think that northwest UA0 would be pretty bad. You get the same far northern auroral problems as in JW, etc., but when the band does finally open, you're still j
Was there a typo here? I never realized the DX window was 100 khz wide, from 3700 to 3800, half of which we USA guys can't use anyway. I suspect he meant 3790 to 3800 - ten KHz. If so, I wouldn't con