And recently have been. 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
"E layer ionization ( not sporadic-E -- that's completely different) hasn't Could someone explain this one further? Does the higher E layer MUF keep signals from reaching the F layer for 40 meter DX?
So which one is the "perfect" contest? 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-
Some do that on FT8, others call with the grid first. I remember one VHF contesting post encouraging to call with the report first to speed up QSOS Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE sm
Is it possible to enter both the classic and the TB-Wires category overlays for the RTTY WPX contest? The robot won't let me use multiple overlays, it just takes the first one in the log. What to do?
Hi Ed, Ok, should have checked the rules more closely. Thanks for the reply. 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lis
I have to agree with this question-why can't we do single op unlimited for a single band? Doesn't seem like using assistance for just a single band would violate any ethics or fairness for the contes
QRP in test No wait, its too frustrating Change to QRO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/c
In band if they are an Extra class and using USB since the dial usually shows carrier frequency. Out of band if they hold an Advanced, General, Technician, or Novice class. 73 John AF5CC ____________
I would have won, but my QSO with P51DX was disqualified, which cost me the contest. I guess my RTTY exchange wasn't long enough. I forgot to include that I once used Hamscope software for PSK31 in t
Unless he had already worked all of the US and European prefixes and was just looking for new multipliers. 73 John AF5CC (AF5CC/4 in WPX) _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
At least Pse Cpy hasn't infected FT8 contesting (yet)!73 John AF5CC Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -- Original message --From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> Date:
From Oklahoma I was able to work Ohio and Virginia on 2m SSB Sunday morning using 90 watts and 5 elements at 15 feet.73 John AF5CC Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -- Origi
I do remember seeing one prediction about technology allowing us to copy signals below audible levels. That did somewhat predict FT8., 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ CQ
But only if the radio doesn't have DSP, a built in keyer, a built in voice keyer, a synthesizer, dual VFOs. Maybe it should be rockbound. I miss my HW-16. 73 John AF5CC ______________________________
I especially call if he comes back to a partial call that has no letters in common with my call-less competition that way! 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
It is really no different than CQ magazine's DX Marathon other than it only runs a month and does sum DX entities from each band together, but one could argue that the DX Marathon is just as much of
I had to buy a new keyboard for the office computer recently, which shares a room with the shack, and that keyboard quits working when I transmit on certain bands. I have to restart the computer to g
Thanks to all for the info on wireless keyboards. I actually solved my keyboard problem last evening by finding a Dell keyboard using a PS/2 connection at Goodwill yesterday. The problematic keyboard
Better check his zone total on 15 and 20. There are only 40 total to work73 John AF5CC Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -- Original message --From: Ray Mikula <rmikula@sbc