No Chris, your opinion is absolutely relevant. Apparently the world-wide education system has been successful in creating the "Everyone's a winner, here's your trophy for last place." mind set. The C
Ron... Let me be the first to admit that sometimes I have been "lazy". Here's the real problem, procrastination. If there's a 30-day time limit, sometimes I have shut the radio off, walked away, rest
Specifically, what is the intention of rule #3? What is the "spirit of participation"? If you want to get serious, rule 3# should be: "Breaking other rules will automatically reclassify your entry as
Comments inline... Yes it is going to be more of a challenge to obtain a sweep, but not necessarily DC. You need to work another station in the same allotted time period. It would add more contacts i
How about this: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=131+Sylvan+Drive+EAST+GREENWICH,+RI+02818&hl=en&ll=41.659391,-71.467674&spn=0.000612,0.000873&geocode=+&hnear=131+Sylvan+Dr,+East+Greenwich,+Rhode+Islan
This is a very good article. When I step back and take a look at the overall picture (whether running marathon, radiosport contesting, or any other competitive activity), to me it reveals the problem
I posted an updated CQWW RTTY Log Analyzer for download here: *http://tinyurl.com/7xjxypc* This version will import up to 3,000 QSOs. If your log is larger, send me an email to request a High Capacit
The new expanded versions of the CQWW RTTY Log Analyzers are now available for download from this link: *http://tinyurl.com/7xjxypc * Be aware this website will try to run the Excel workbook within y
The US regulations require our signals to be contained within the designated band limits. As an example, 14.150 ~ 14.350 MHz. A transceiver typically displays the suppressed carrier frequency. Let's
This is a brief note to let you know there are free Log Analyzers available for your California QSO Party logs. Download your copy here: *http://tinyurl.com/82en6wd* You will find two versions, one i
I have created a new *JARTS DX RTTY* Log Analyzer you can download from here: *http://tinyurl.com/7xjxypc * When you arrive at this website, right-click the filename and download a copy to your hard
I have posted an updated version of the *CQWW DX Log Analyzer*.to my website. You can download it from here: *http://tinyurl.com/7xjxypc *Right click on the file name and select "Download" from the m
A quick follow-up to this announcement. I have posted a "High Capacity" version that will import up to 10,000 QSOs. Look for the file name *CQWW DX Log Analyzer HC Rev 2.0.3*. The standard version ha
A couple problems were reported with my previous *CQWW DX Log Analyzer*. I have made the corrections and tweaked the tool for a little more efficiency when importing Cabrillo files. Both the standard
When the Ontario province was subdivided into 4 new RAC section, logging and contest programmers needed to adapt this change in their software. My Sweepstakes log analyzer was no exception. The ARRL
I have made a number of updates and corrections to the three versions of the *CQWW DX Log Analyzers*: Standard=3,000 Q's High Capacity=10,000 Q's Super High Capacity=20,000 Q's Use the smallest versi
Updated versions of the series of three *CQWW DX Contest Log Analyzers* have been posted to my website: *http://tinyurl.com/7xjxypc* A few bugs have been eradicated and some consolidation of reports
It appears the skimmers are only listening to the bottom 50 kHz segment of the 160m band. I found NØHJZ on 1854, the old fashioned way... turning the knob on my transceiver. So if you're going to be
It's three hours into the contest and the Skimmers are posting stations above 1850 kHz now. Maybe it was propagation or not enough stations on the air in the beginning. Don't know... 160m seems to be
A new Log Analyzer for the *ARRL 160m CW Contest* is now available for download. This version adds several worksheets, two of them provide different views of your running rates. One aspect of the 160