You know, tonight is midweek, and not directly after a contest. CW CQ DX contest results have been pouring in for several days already, but tonight I watched in amazement as Bruce's webform collected
I disagree with the assertion that the two point rule was created from a flat playing field merely to encourage activity in the Caribbean. Having been following the news around that time, I can say t
I admit that demographics have changed, but it once was possible to top some US in major DX contests from the Pacific Northwest... Leigh S. Jones _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Right, the European Union "countries" are effectively joined into a single country, just as the states of the US are.. Leigh S. Jones KR6X _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
My Facebook news feed says LU1DZ is a silent key Leigh S. Jones KR6X _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
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Randy, the standardization on first the dual 807 tube then later the dual 6186 tune as typical low power output stages in high quality amateur radio transmitters led to a de-facto standard of a 150w
Randy, The issue being argued here is not disparaging assisted operators, but rather official suppression of unassisted operators. It is also official suppression of fine operators who man multiopera
Excellent, that was a really nice comic response, so I think I should carry this forward. I hope it can promote additional comic responses to raise the enjoyment of all here! The N/A Sprint uses U.S.
Having extensive experience operating from multioperator stations on the West Coast has given me some insight into interference issues. I can confirm that quite often the source of trouble is not in
RE: kr2q comments I don't place much credence in claims that anyone getting more than a fraction of a percent uniques must be copying call signs wrong. I can think of a number of situations where the
You know, for all the opinions expressed on distanced based scoring in contests, I still think the answer only comes when we try it out and see if we enjoy the operating. I, for one, would love tryin
As a contested and observer of the bands, I'd like to point up that while contest participation and scores have increased over the past decades, operation on HF between contests seems to be trending