Too busy before and after SS CW to post while the discussion was current, but W9YTers from circa 1970 will remember "water buffalo nine buffalo water nine." And, speaking of 'YT... what ever became o
In an earlier incarnation of the "SO2R should be a separate clas from 'real' single op" discussion, I voted "no." I felt that if you had the hardware and the skill to jump to the second radio to grab
W7GG tries again: "if u think ss is so much fun try the naqp .... it fixes all the things that are annoying in the ss! "for example: its 12 hours shorter, u can work stations agn on each band, the xh
Alma Mater W1MX was on in SS, both modes. I was there during the era when a lot of college clubs were active, even in HF contesting -- W8UM, W8SH, W9YB, W1ET, W9YT (my grad school). A lot of good con
I was on in WW CW for an hour Saturday night about 00Z. I just went up and down 40 and 20, picking off the loud ones who could hear my 100 watts and a dipole. On 40 I heard one of the big MM's -- I t
Been too busy to post this one, but if you can remember that far back you might be amused. I knew that North Dakota was going to be tough when Sunday afternoon I heard K0HB calling "CQ SS ND". I thin
Was "Log checking questions" This thread has gotten so wild that I had to clarify the subject line. The cogent comment that came to mind at work earlier today would just seem like more noise now, so
"There are 7 contests [the] weekend [of January 21-23]. 3 of which I would like to participate in. 1) ARRL January VHF Sweeps 2) NAQP Phone (not cw, so no great loss) 3) BARTG RTTY (RTTY is really co
Man, that N3BB is sharp! The question was facetious, but he still got the winning answer. Art K3KU Do I win? snip WB9EFM WB (Bach) 9 EFM (E Flat Minor) Jim N3BB ______________________________________
Two of our frequent contributors differ in opinion as to whether the "average" operator at a super station could beat the super operator with a wire hanging out the window. Three comments: 1. (Seriou
Well, Mal, I disagree. I think your record says that you are more than "very slightly above average" of all those operators in, say, SS who give as much time as they can spare and work as hard as the
1. Op's seemed willing to work harder than in SS to QSO weak sigs. I wonder why. Maybe because a) It was late in the contest (I was on only for last 6.5 hr); b) Shorter exchange means better chance o
Paul, Paul, and all the others who would like a "Wires only category" or the "all antennas must be at my house" category. How about do it "unofficial" -- somebody volunteer to keep a list of who is i
AA4LR (Bill/George) replied to my comment: That's part of the challenge!" (What follows is sort-of facetious. Please do not think that I am making a big deal out of this.) So, if a hard-to-copy name
As I recall, N7MAL started this thread by mentioniong K3ZO and the "Two Secrets of Contesting." Those turned out to be: 1) stay in the chair; 2) work everything you hear as fast as you can. Well, tha
There's an old Dilbert cartoon in which Wally is lying on a mental health therapist's couch (with his ever-present cup of coffee). He says to the therapist: I keep dreaming about work, and since I sl
As I suspect is true for many of us, Field Day was my first contest -- three 75W, xtal controlled, teen-aged Novices comprising the entire 15M CW crew for W3RCN in 1961; 13 QSOs in 24 hours. ("FD is
A couple of days ago I posted the story of a FD station running people, but always having the answering station go first. I think I have figured out the situation where the (female) operator might ha
I follow the Reflector on the Web, so VE4XT's posting came right after the long (and interesting) discussion of the PT5M vs PW5C scores. Hence, my first thought about Kelly's subject was: "Well, 'kd
Geez. Break out the Geritol. Field Day 1961. The mighty Rock Creek ARA, W3RCN. Myself, KN3OAE; my buddy Avery, KN3NKD (W3AVE); both 16 years old, both also with Technician licenses, are to be the 15