I think it is a waste of "steam" discussing the "bad" change of having ONE lousy point for own country's QSOs. We went through considerable discussions over the subject last year and years before. Th
<< We really did have them BEFORE packet spotting. >> Hi George, the point was that this duping thing happend all of a sudden with pileup of big guns making dupes. This is why suspect is packet with
<< I don't mean to be rude or flippant but can you list some of the other ways to control the pile-up other than not giving your call. I realize you can go by call areas. What else? >> Get involved i
Maybe this should tell you that you are WRONG and you should be big enough to admit it. Otherwise your logic is screwed up and based on limited knowledge. Look and analyze the results and then make a
In my email to RU1A I asked: Then I got this reply: "We must apologize for the situation, which seems to be quite unusual: the operator on 160 thought, that such a strong Russian speaking station mad
<< Since my equipment supports only one filter I must choose between the 500Hz or the 250Hz filter. At first I thought that the 250Hz would be the best one, but on second thoughts maybe it is too nar
<< I would like to see the WPX CW moved back a month >> Giga-Ditto - the last improvement WPX CW needs to become "perfect". It would boost expeditions and participation from outdoorspersons. <> Tera
<< This is probably a correct statement. There should be some penalty to discourage guessing. What I mean is that you should lose something if you guessed wrong. The point is to provide incentive to
<< In WPX CW I worked VY2MGY/3, and my logging program logged the prefix as VY3. Is VY3 currently a valid prefix for Canada? Should I assume that the station was portable in Ontario and treat the pre
<< With full numbers I can get a sense of the rhythm and pull a number through the QRM better - those little letters get lost quickly. Guess I need to work on my CW. >> Big DITTO from here! Cut numbe
<< In WPX CW I worked VY2MGY/3, and my logging program logged the prefix as VY3. Is VY3 currently a valid prefix for Canada? Should I assume that the station was portable in Ontario and treat the pre
<< With full numbers I can get a sense of the rhythm and pull a number through the QRM better - those little letters get lost quickly. Guess I need to work on my CW. >> Big DITTO from here! Cut numbe
<< And during the course of the next few hours, something else happened that left me totally amazed. Not once, not twice, not three times, but probably TWO DOZEN times, someone who was operating in t
<< And during the course of the next few hours, something else happened that left me totally amazed. Not once, not twice, not three times, but probably TWO DOZEN times, someone who was operating in t
<< The real question is whether there is a group of guys out there or a radio club who is willing to give this a try? I guess it is too much to ask for ARRL or CQ sponsorship, but that IMHO would cle
<< Tim, what is that logo on the I think it says, "Eat my dust, KC1XX"... :-) >> Tim proudly wears "Moscow State University" (is that where he studied contesting?) shirt demonstrating how to put up t
Dear fellow contesters, after being challenged and offered to come up with "better contest", TESLA Radio Club is proud to announce and present the draft of proposed rules for a contest that tries to
Some comments are starting to come in, thank you very much for the input. I have done some more thinking while sleeping and the newest updated version of rules has inlcusion of serial number in the e
<< The real question is whether there is a group of guys out there or a radio club who is willing to give this a try? I guess it is too much to ask for ARRL or CQ sponsorship, but that IMHO would cle
<< Tim, what is that logo on the I think it says, "Eat my dust, KC1XX"... :-) >> Tim proudly wears "Moscow State University" (is that where he studied contesting?) shirt demonstrating how to put up t