Here is a question I should know the answer for, but just can't some up with it right now. Must be brain fried from grading papers and getting final grades ready. My current HF antenna was damaged in
Is the Yaesu/INRAD 300hz mechanical CW filter still wide enough to use with RTTY operations and contesting, or would the 500hz filter work better? 73s John AA5JG _____________________________________
The overall average age of first licensed was 7?? 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
Does anyone have QSL info for OG6R in the SAC CW contesting from a couple of weekends ago? 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting
Is anyone using an Acer Aspire netbook for logging and internet access? I have one and have a couple of questions about its operation which I hope someone can help me with. 73s John AA5JG ___________
Has anyone on the list used a Mosley Mini 32 or Mini 33 tribander. I am looking for a reduced size beam to install on a roof tripod and wonder how the Mosley performs and how easy it is to tune. From
After working 4 pacific and 2 Puerto Rico stations in just a couple of hours of operating, what I used to consider rare weren't rare this year. What did seem to be the rare sections this year? I assu
What was it about the SCV section? Everyone I worked from there was in the unlimited category! 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
And if you aren't going to send a log in, you can contest on the frequencies the contest sponsors say are off limits. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Or just 2 points per QSO, regardless of distance, continent, or country. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.
You could keep the zero point QSOs for in country, like we have now, and count them only for zone and country mults. Having a standard point value for out of country QSOs seems to work OK for the ARR
Let me start off by saying my antenna on 160 is pretty bad. No, lets make that really bad! It is a 105 foot dipole feed with a few feet of twinlead, which finally changes over to coax, and is about 3
If the contest rules say that a contest runs from 0000z to 2400z, when does it actually end? Does it end the second it turns 2400z? Or are you allowed to operate through the 2400z minute and it actua
You can tell that the 10 meter contest has no propagation if I am sending out an email during it. Let me preface this question by saying that I don't want to computer control the rig. I have tried th
The fact that we are mentioning an entry level contest (a good thing), but gearing it for Generals as well as Techs must say something about the scope of licensing requirements today (but I am not su
The other nice thing about the WPX contest is that it is a "everybody works everybody" contest, so even a beginner with poor antennas could work plenty of stations in his/her own country. When you en
No, Field Day is not a contest. How do we know it isn't a contest? Because QST prints the line scores for it. 73s JOhn AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ
The IARU contest is another good entry level contest, since it is a everybody work everybody contest, the HQ stations are fun multipliers to chase, and you get the good summer propagation where 20 wi
The novice class still exists, the FCC just doesn't issue any new ones. 73s John AA5JG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.c
Hi Randy, Thanks for the analysis. I don't find it that surprising. First off, it would make sense that those who are new to contesting prefer SSB contesting, as they might not even know CW due to th