Mal, I hope you'll reconsider and join the thousands of stations that will participate in CQP this weekend. It's a great contest, and we'd certainly like you to be in it. Regarding your points, certa
Don, I've used a TS-570 in CW contests. It is a terrific rig in a lot of ways, but it has a very broad front end. For contesters, this means that you get AGC pumping caused by signals that you can't
This is an interesting thread. I'd be in favor of making all logs available publicly after the contest. That would be very educational, and perhaps lead to an overall upgrading of contesting skills,
Brooke, Interesting question, and one that I have often considered. I've operated ARRL CW from P40Y and P49Y the last three years. I've used a second radio, but not to look for mults; rather, to chec
David, The real P4s were: P40G, P40W, P40LE, P49Y, P43E (assuming P43JB and P49MR didn't get on). Everything else is a bust, and, as I mentioned in my write-up, caused lots of annoyance and wasted ti
Does anyone know the scores in ARRL DX CW for V26G, or FS5UQ, or whom I could contact to find out? I'm trying to figure out how the LP competition ended up, so if they were LP, I'm curious how they d
Ed, I brought this matter to the attention of Steve, K6AW, a few months ago, and he confirmed that the 60-minute off-time requirement was still in effect. He corrected a statement of the rules appear
Kelly, I have to agree. Callsign borrowing leads to more interesting prefixes in WPX contest. I had a surreal experience in 2004 when I was operating in WPX SSB as P40Y from Aruba. I was being QRMed
John, If subtle distinctions among calls really mattered, how could W3LPL do so well? 73, Andy, AE6Y -- Original Message -- From: "W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu@w0mu.com> To: <ne0p@lcisp.com>; <cq-contes
Kelly, I think many of us would appreciate your sending a summary of responses. Personally, I have two ICE 419s at home, and W6LD and I have two more at P49Y-P40L. I've had no problem at home, but we
A perfect example of the dual nature of FD occurred at the W6YX class 5F operation Saturday afternoon. This was a very competitive effort, but at one point while I was on 40CW, I overheard W6LD spend
Is this a solution in search of a problem? It seems that the WRTC committee dealt with an unusual situation in a creative and appropriate manner. In general, I don't think we want to discourage conte
I have to agree with Bob's post. I came late to serious contesting, just starting 5 years ago at age 56, and have operated, for example, ARRL DX CW, for the last 5 years as a single op. I'm not at al
Saell og blessadur: Are there any TF contesters who would like to chat contesting or DXing or discuss Njall's Saga? My wife and I will be in Iceland from July 1-16, starting in Reykjavik, then drivin
Bud, Well, I sseem to have worked both of the two VY1s that were on. Next year we should probably make sure there is more activity, as, for example, VY1MB, who often shows up didn't this time. Simila
Would the use of a realtime scoreboard make one a multi-op? For example, in NAQP CW, I completely missed the 10m opening in the second hour (I was having too much fun and stupidly didn't check 10 on
Gerry, Interesting debate. You write: That all said, it is a simple fact that if you are Getscores.org<http://getscores.org/>as a form of propagation monitoring, you are simply doing something wrong
Lee, It's also possible to start small, e.g., just using your vertical for the second radio without filters at all. I have a similar setup, and find that at low power, some band combinations (e.g., 1
Jan, Try using "megawatt" for "M" and see if that helps! 73, andy, ae6y -- Original Message -- From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm@telia.com> Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008