I'm flexible... However the sponsors make the rules is fine by me... But to be just a bit contrarian, it is more DX for a station in northeast Maine to work a station in southwest California than for
The cure for that in a packed band is to program a spare key to send {his call} + {exchange} instead of just the {exchange}... In a wide open band it is not necessary as both of you know you are work
This issue cannot be discussed to a solution... I will make the comment that to DQ a log because it LOOKS like he used assistance needs to be carefully considered... Let me set the stage here: I don'
Being a thousand numbers ahead a half hour into the contest is too far to be believable and rattle your competition... Go into past years and see what your peers did as far a Q's compared to you and
Oh dear, that's just plain silly. Do you or anyone else really do this? Frank, ZL4BR ** Beats me Frank... But I wouldn't be surprised... Nor would I care... I contest for fun... I contest as part of
Last night I listened to a station signing W3 work 30 european and russian stations, bang-bang, on 75 meters.. With the exception of one PA0 station I could not hear more of the DX than a broken syll
Thanks for the support guys... I'm better this morning... Got up early for a Sunday, went to the shack and worked VK land on 160... What the jolt of Friday night did was force me to rethink the new a
Mr. Jack Gerritsen, ex KG6IRO (for a very, very, short time), was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for jamming... It took a lot of time and he was given numerous chances to clean up his act,
Depends on where you are looking... Contestors always were a small fraction of total hams... The contest calendar I just looked at shows multiple contests 51 weekends a year...The Stu Perry is the ne
There is an existing contest using distance based scoring - Stu Perry 160 - that can be used as a model... It is gaining in popularity among the top band crowd.. Here is a link: http://web.jzap.com/k
A few comments on 75/80 meters... Having just finished CQWW, SO, 80, LP I noted a few things... As a low power station I generally cannot hold a frequency against the loud HP stations so I do a lot o
Let me prophesy that it is going to be an unholy mess... <forgive them father they know not what they did> There are going to be turf wars between CW and all the digi modes stuffed into the bottom 10
As a low power contestor this happens to me all the time... I am happily chirping away on a frequency, beaming off to europe or where ever, and suddenly all hell breaks loose either right on me, or a
Let me attest that Sir John does hand stands and back flips to help anyone he sees having trouble with the robot... He goes way beyond merely helpful... cheers ... denny / k8do -- Everyone is raving
One of the issues I encountered during the contest I decided to bring up here is the issue of dupes... A few times during the contest I called a DX only to be told to 'buzz off you are a dupe!' In ea
I think he was crabby after two nights with no sleep. ** No Way! Jeeze, you guys are in paradise... You all gotta be happy <don't go bursting my fantasy here, now> Nice working you... denny / k8do --
DOS based machines and software are getting long in the tooth... I have long used and liked TRLOG, but it does not run on my XP machines, and installing 4 port serial cards on newer hardware is incre
As one who is so far below the level of competitive that looking up that far will give him a crick in the neck, and who does not have packet equipment, and does not even have internet on his property
OK, see ya on 10.103 mc's during SKN with my turn of the century, submarine cable operator, straight key... You don't have to qrs to send to me, but I don't qrq when transmitting because I get forear
Good description of contesting in the days of yore. You forgot to mention the shack reaching a 100 degrees with tube receiver / transmitter.. And in my case separate VFO (tubes, natch) and a BC-610..