Think of SS, and the vast horde of W8's - and the state that is usually up at the top of the most worked section list - yes, OHIO! After some years of an Ohio QSO Party, and sometimes two of them, sp
<< Yeah, SOA is a ridiculous category for SS. Much worse than SOA in WPX. I'll predict that the SOA entry in SS NEVER wins a division. That's not the point of SOA in SS. The point is for all the smal
The idea of higher points for qsos across continental lines has clear problems as has been outlined here in the latest outbreak of this topic. There is, however, a way to largely correct this inequit
I like grid squares, though I'll have to give some more thought to whether they would be a good idea in the ARRL DX test. However, reason (b) is not a reason to use grid squares. 73 - Jim K8MR in gri
The idea of higher points for qsos across continental lines has clear problems as has been outlined here in the latest outbreak of this topic. There is, however, a way to largely correct this inequit
I like grid squares, though I'll have to give some more thought to whether they would be a good idea in the ARRL DX test. However, reason (b) is not a reason to use grid squares. 73 - Jim K8MR in gri
Circumstances have developed for me such that for the first time since about 1983, I'm able to consider a trip outside the USA for a major DX contest. Is there anyone out there that needs a reasonabl
I've signed up with a serious multi-single CQWW CW effort from a fairly juicy DX location. In thinking of ways to maximize our score, I have considered using the phone bands, possibly including the W
A clarification: The ssb use I am talking about would be using the multiplier station, and using the contest call. I am not proposing a third (or more) station using a different call to drag up conta
I'm doing the 9M6AAC CQWW CW log (M/S), and have noticed a few qsos that the multiplier station made that in fact were not new multipliers. How should one handle these, so as not to claim credit, but
SO2R stands out in my mind not because it lets a person run up a bigger score than would, say, a huge antenna farm, but because it leads to different operating techniques that while great for the use
The 2002 Ohio QSO Party date, as published in the Contest Calendar in the May/June NCJ, has been changed to Saturday, August 24. This is to avoid the Labor Day weekend. The OQP runs from 16Z Saturday
I find that if I submit a log 29 days after the contest, it is probably because I have forgotten about it since about day 3. It would be nice to have some automated service for which one could sign u
Of all the people in the world, I thought you guys in Florida would understand having to wait... and wait... and wait... for the results from a close contest. :-) Only 36 and 2/3 days to go. Jim K8MR
Summer as always seems to go too quickly. In fact, so quickly it is now only one month to the 2002 Ohio QSO Party, on Saturday, August 24. What to do about it? 1. Mark you calendar so you don't get s
The 2002 Ohio QSO Party will be this Saturday, August 24, from 16Z (noon EDT) to 04Z Sunday (Midnight EDT). Full details are at the OQP Web site, www.mrrc.net/oqp Several items of note: This year we
Letterman's Top Ten Reasons To Operate The Ohio QSO Party 10. You will gain an appreciation for those county lines you cross on the way to Dayton. 9. Learn to operate SO2R when you can't screw things
Yes, it's ZERO days to the Ohio QSO Party! The fun starts today at 16Z (noon EDT), and goes 12 hours until 04Z Sunday. Suggested frequencies are 45 KHz above the bottom on CW, and 3850, 7225, 14250,
And d) Give non-W/VE entrants who submit an electronic log a password to allow access to all the web site info for that particular contest. Send it with their log receipt confirmation message. Those
The annual concerns about Sunday Afternoon in SS have again, on schedule, appeared. The solutions proposed so far include such usual suspects as "let DX operate", "make qsos once per band", "recruit