ones. They can't all co-exist on the same frequencies. If you move the contests around, you can minimize the frequency collisions. But if everyone refuses to give up THEIR weekend, it's never going t
CONSENSUS STATEMENT OF THE SOLAR CYCLE 24 PREDICTION PANEL March 20, 2007 The Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel anticipates the solar minimum marking the onset of Cycle 24 will occur in March, 2008 (&p
If you are planning to use the paddles for just the occasional fill while using the keyboard for the normal contest sending/logging, I suggest you look into the K9LU Bulldog paddle. For several years
No sunspots today Solar flux is sixty eight Ten meters is dead. Hams travel the world Hope to talk to many more They will soon succeed. Leaves are falling down Should I rake them up today Or contest
I used NN VT instead of 99 VT. I got asked for a lot of fills. I found this strange... N for 9 is VERY common. If I sent NN as the fill, they get it immediately. Unlike the NN in 5NN, the SS check ac
Many contests have Single Op ASSISTED. If they do not have that class then you will fall into the Multi category. -- And other contests allow spotting use by single operators without placing them int
And those not going through LHR are probably traveling through MIA. W0NB and I (with my XYL) are passing through MIA on Monday afternoon (11/19) on the way to PJ2T. We're already set up to meet a gro
At the start of this thread I too wondered who was the object of the discussion. I just now went to the 3830 archives and figured it out. Then I pulled out the CQ magazine and noted the DQ notice at
With the many puny weak signals this weekend, I would have felt very comfortable exchanging grid squares, just like in a VHF contest. As is often the case on 6 meters, a 1000 mile qso is often no big
I agree that this was an excellent piece of work by ES5TV. RD3AF may be, as Tonno says, a well known packet cheater in Europe, but that reputation had not previously made it to the USA. This is a goo
This qualifies as the runner-up entry for "LVIPCQCRTY" Award. (Least Viable Idea Posted on CQ-Contest Reflector This Year") The winner of the "LVIPCQCRTY" Award is "Let's make everyones log public".
Recording should be right up there with logging. If you didn't log it, you didn't work it. If you didn't record it, you didn't work it. Very simple. -- We don't need to make recordings a condition of
There's simply no reason not to require serious contenders for the top ten boxes to record their efforts. ** And having done so, we will then get excited about whether they will use those recordings
The point is IT'S THE ANTENNAS and LOCATION that make the difference in many cases. Not SO2R. Indeed. Maybe we need a new category for SO2T (single op - two towers). Or for SO2R1T. And SO1R2T. And SO
A couple more: 1. Spotting everything has been pushed by some of the biggest multi-multis as a good thing to do. It amounts to welfare for the rich, by letting these M/M's pick off the occasional new
In my other competitive hobby/sport - bridge - (which shares a lot of similarities with the sport of radio, probably more so than any athletic sport) - competitors do not know how their opposition is
Can anyone help with some research? When was the first amateur radio contest? Does anyone have any details of early contests? Reply direct. I was once told that the first contest happened when the th
What information is a Skimmer going to put into a band map? Any callsign it hears? A callsign with "TEST" appended? A callsign involved with an apparently completed QSO? I can imagine vigilantes/prot
Does nobody here understand the concept of adjusting your operating style to suit your audience? If I'm at PJ2T in the midst of a big opening to the states (or EU) during CQWW where I'm one of the fe
Time for a new thread name. I still like the old standby of an RST other than 59/5NN. 579 is too easy. To really make it tough use 4NN. Many years ago, when the San Francisco 49ers were a good team t