who they Sounds like a plan to me. I thought I wasn't going to enter the StuPerry party, so I just worked a few guys and didn't even keep a log. Now I hope I can remember which ones I worked so I ca
I agree with your point 100%, Steve, but Fargo might be an unfortunate QTH to illustrate the point -- how about Moorhead, MN? By some mysterious means, if you relocate a Moorhead station 100 feet ac
Santa left me a new MFJ-434 voice keyer to help with contesting vocals. Has anyone here used that with CT or other software, and built the interface shown in the MFJ literature? MFJ shows two resisto
-- Mike, None of the rules talk of ERP. And in my opinion, rightly so. The rules should encourage innovation and "pushing the technical envelope". That's what ham radio is about, and that's what cont
I don't know about the rules in Canada, so I can't comment. In the USA, signing <yourcall>/QRP falls under FCC rule §97.119(c) "(c) One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Ea
Me too. Me too. Same here. I'm very selective also. I only send QSL's to those who sent me one, but I might lapse if P5 comes on the air, or a pretty girl in California, or anyone with the name Hans
You guys are busy picking flyshit out of the pepper pot. We can solve this all by the addition of the following clause. "Everything not specifically prohibited is mandatory." 73, de Hans, K0HB -- __
"Anything not specifically prohibited is mandatory!" All seriousness aside, I agree with you. Winning contesting is all about carving out advantages in skill, station design, and technique and then
They append /QRP (weak transmitter) because they want us to listen harder for them. If I send my call as "K0HB/Poor RX", will they send louder for me? Beep beep de Hans, K0HB _______________________
I agree with the call to avoid QRM'ing 14.100, but calling for a 4kHz slot of protection for a 200-Hz wide CW channel is nothing short of arrogant self-important posturing. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______
Craig, Not to "cop an attitude", but you're wrong. I know it would be a bit of a "jaunt", but before next contest weekend call up Paul, W0AIH, ( http://www.qth.com/w0aih ) and reserve a seat. The on
Just to give us something else to do on those weekends when there's no contest, I've started a Fantasy Football league for contesters. It's an 8-team autopick-draft league, with 5 slots still open to
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Novices and Tech (with Morse test) get "General" CW privs on 75, 40, and 15M. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
I think the changes to 80m are a disaster for everyone. FCC had a bad case of cranial/rectal inversion. For traffic handlers ...... almost all the section CW traffic nets just lost their frequencies
If by "we" you mean those of us with 1x2 callsigns, you're absolutely correct. (Maybe -- read on) It's interesting that you use SS as your example. Had you said CQWW or even ARRL DX, I'd have agreed
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Including the auto-robots now held in a corral at 3620-3635? Will they now get a 15kHz "reservation" somewhere in 3525-3600? That would amount to 20% of the CW space available to Generals which woul
This definition may not strike a chord with everyone, but my definition of "not assisted" is that all information (pertinent to the contest) is gathered and developed by a single operator by his own
Hi Igor, Maybe I'm not "pure" enough, but software is to me basically a "housekeeping" tool. It frees you from the mundane details of logging and sorting and duping, and frees the operator to use th