Fellow contesters - Please point your browser to http://www.floridacontestgroup.org/docs/2015orlandodinner.pdf for all the details of the 2015 Orlando Contest Dinner, sponsored by Yaesu. I'm pleased
It's not too late to get your tickets for the 2015 Orlando Contest Dinner, sponsored by Yaesu. Our speaker this year is noted contester K0DQ. Please consider joining us for the premiere contesters' g
It's not too late to order your Orlando Contest Dinner tickets. More information on how to order tickets is available at http://www.floridacontestgroup.org/docs/2015orlandodinner.pdf Your $20 ticket
There is still time to order your tickets for the Orlando Contest Dinner on February 13. Come visit us and take a break from winter at the largest hamfest in the southeast! Information about the cont
We still have a few seats available for the 2015 Orlando Contest Dinner this Friday night, February 13! Details are at http://www.floridacontestgroup.org/docs/2015orlandodinner.pdf If your calendar h
Fellow Contesters & FQP Enthusiasts - It gives me great pleasure to formally announce to the world that the 2015 Florida QSO Party will again feature what has been our most popular feature in recent
Hi Mike, The awards page should have been updated already for 2015. I'll verify that further tonight. Spelling "ORANGE" gets you a special certificate. Barring unexpected problems with the implementa
The U.S. Phone band extends down to 7.125, which means 7.127.5 or 7.128 LSB (depending on how confident you are in the cleanliness of your transmitted signal) is perfectly legal. The FCC made that ch
The mugs used to be based on claimed multipliers, not multipliers after log checking. I've never bought a mug so not sure if that's still the case. I'd send an email to the contest department at the
Hi Joe, You're probably seeing Win-Test, which looks superficially similar to N3FJP (and, to a greater extent, to CT). Win-Test is the most popular logger in EU, as I understand it. Most Western Euro
Though our ticket apparatus is not yet in place to take orders for the 2016 Orlando Contest Dinner, we're pleased to announce that the ARRL has decided to hold their 2016 National Convention during t
Hi Jim, I'm a convert to Win-Test for most contests. I prefer the Win-Test implementation of editing previous QSOs, as I don't have to take my hands away from the keyboard to grab the mouse. I also l
Pete, Part of the appeal of a contest within a contest from an administration perspective is lost if the CWAC sponsor must rescore each log. If you can think of a way to use the sponsor's scoring, th
I thought the objection to the octopi was that the M/S stations in question were CQing twice on the same band, once at the bottom and once at the top. Dan was rapidly switching between two pileups on
Dave, Submit your entire log under the "highest" category that you use for the weekend. So, if you make 500 qsos with 5w and one QSO with 150w, you are in category A. If you make 500 qsos by yourself
Gentlemen and Ladies, Many of you in the USA would have received the January/February NCJ, and hopefully you noticed the advertisement on page 20 for the Orlando Contest Dinner. I hope many will plan
Seats are going fast for the 2016 Orlando Contest Dinner. If you haven't ordered your tickets yet, please don't let this opportunity pass you by. Thanks to K7BV and Yaesu, we're pleased to announce t
The 2016 Orlando Contest Dinner is just around the corner on February 12, 2016, and we have a few seats still available. Come and enjoy the 2016 ARRL National Convention at the Orlando Hamcation, and
Fellow Contesters - I'm very sad to report that longtime FCG officer and charter FCG member Ron Wetjen WD4AHZ passed away this morning. Ron was at the inaugural FCG meeting at the White House in ~199
The family of Ron Wetjen have finalized arrangements for Ron's service. It will be held this Saturday, May 14 at Toale Brothers Funeral Home, 40 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota. The family will receive frie