CQ just published the World and USA All-Time Records for both CW and SSB current through the 2001 contests at: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/WW%20DX%20All-Time%20Records2.html These are the pages n
Don't have a kangaroo mate! Scores are made available to all after the November issue of QST is published. IFor example, if you go to the ARRL site now, you can see the CW results...SSB will become a
If you haven't voted in this survey yet, please do so now since it will be closed sometime this weekend: http://www.contesting.com/survey/ Hopefully we can get a good sample of opinions for the CQ 16
Hello Oms! Here is probably the best summary of the different types of low band receiving antennas courtesy of K3KY: http://www.angelfire.com/md/k3ky/page20.html 73, Bill W4ZV -- CQ-Contest on WWW: h
Gentlemen: It's show time at the FCC and ARRL. As President George Bush would say, "You are either for us or against us and it's time to decide". The above was inserted to get your attention...HI! -
K4OJ worte: I believe some first hand stories of contests by the participants is the way to do this....stories along the lines of W9KNI's writing style in his books about DX-ing or K6IF's excellent s
Topband Contesters: "The CQ Committee is considering limiting everyone to a maximum of 30 hours so the need to keep the keyer running all day will not be necessary. Send your comments along with your
Here are 3 good sources...check for updates later today. NOAA 3 day forecast (updated at 22 UTC): http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/daypre.txt NOAA 45 day forecast (updated at 21 UTC): ftp://sec.noaa
G4ELJ gave me 100 milliwatts but said "001". I told him I was logging it as "0R1". For any non-CW types, "R" is the code for decimal point...as in "3R5 MHZ" for 3.5 MHz. So I would use "R05" for 50 m
Definitely not allowed per ARRL General Rules at: http://www2.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html "3.14. In contests where spotting nets are permissible, spotting your own station or reque
Just to set the record straight, Christianity is by far the religion of choice for most of Europe, North America and South America. It also represents 33% of religious adherents worldwide. http://www
A mild (fairly slow velocity) interplanetary shock was observed passing the ACE spacecraft near 21:42 UTC (4:42 pm EST) on 29 March. The source is not clear at the present time, but may be related to
Does this bother anyone besides me? While not technically violating the rules, this seems to violate the sprit of the rules to me. http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/iaru.html 6. Valid Contact:
NyMAL: receiving the error message please tell me how. It's deja vu all over again...it's really quite simple: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2001-June/033178.html 73, Bill W4ZV ___
from the home typing position (and too small of a key). Funny you mention that Tree. I learned to put a Green dot on INSERT and a Red dot on PLUS. This wouldn't work for color-blind folk but it's wor
rules instead of trying to fabricate them where none exists. At a time when we should be doing all we can to encourage the use of our frequencies by amateurs, that this kind of activity is shat upon
I recently saw comments somewhere about K7JA "slapping'" the dual lever paddle during the Jay Leno show indicating he had learned on a single lever. This caused me to question whether dual paddle (ia
KC2NTB: (Element to Boom for D2) for a 40M3? http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?ID=124&SecID=60&DeptID=21 They also have insulators for 2" booms. Look identical to KLM style. 73, Bill W4ZV ___