If youre considering a trip to the Caribbean for ARRL DX CW or youre just looking to get out of Old Man Winters icy grip for a weekend, consider making plans to visit Orlando for the 2019 Orlando Con
If you're still thinking about whether to take the chance to come to Orlando for the 2019 Orlando Hamcation and the Orlando Contest Dinner, let me offer for your consideration that the high temperatu
I'm pretty sure that LPL and LR don't post or look at the online scoreboard at all, probably for the same reasons that you don't. 73, Chris W4WF -- Chris Plumblee 407.494.5155 _______________________
Clublog statistics support (approximately) that ratio of FT8 to CW + SSB + RTTY and other digital qsos. I was also surprised. Chris W4WF -- Chris Plumblee 407.494.5155 _______________________________
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There are still tickets available for the 2020 Orlando Contest Dinner. Please see https://floridacontestgroup.org/2020-orlando-contest-dinner/ for information on where and when and how to order ticke
It's not too late to reserve your seat for the 2020 Orlando Contest Dinner, sponsored by Yaesu. Thanks to our friends at Yaesu for serving as our primary sponsor and providing the grand prize for the
What about "JA3Y" or "DH8B" or "9FAP" or "L5BM"? Super Check Partial (in my experience) is of limited usefulness with short callsigns like we have a lot of in the USA. However, on longer EU or Asian
The KPA1500 offers ~1kw on 6M if thats important to you. I have no first-hand experience with either amp. 73, Chris W4WF -- Chris Plumblee 407.494.5155 _______________________________________________
There must be a convention (that's the nice thing about standards...there are so many of them). I've always used "Test Mycall" in my CQ message. If I'm in a contest with a short 2-letter abbreviation
Hi Bob, I don't believe that there are any adjustments in menu to fix the clicks on a 1000MP or MkV. I can recommend WA4GEG to do the work on your radio; Byron is the expert on the MP/MkV/MkV Field r
Perhaps it isn't too late for ARRL to clarify this rule and remove some of its more unforseen effects. If they stated that the distributed multi-ops were only viable from outside the USA and Canada,
The danger with "spot all s&p QSOs" is that many casual and not-so-casual operators who don't use sound card DVK don't switch between Run and S&P properly. Any number of times I've found a frequency,
Clubs Please share with your membership. The HamCation QSO Party has been organized to create a fun way for amateurs to celebrate the Orlando HamCation experience over the air. The QSO party will rep
On Saturday, February 13, many of us would in better times be hanging out and meeting friends at the Orlando HamCation. With COVID this of course will not be happening this year, but as part of the v
Absent COVID-19 and associated efforts to limit in-person contact it seems like a solution in search of a problem. As KU8E pointed out, the continental US zones are huge and propagation can vary sign
CQ and ARRL rules already prohibit multiple run stations using the same call on the same bandrwgardless of category. CQ rules were very clear and have been for some time; ARRL rules were amended with
My guess is that some number of serious Assisted ops operated 12 hours rather than 10, based on the fact that they were lumped in with the M/2 stations anyway. I've been told that is no longer permit
My sense is that some VE3s elide the second syllable of their prefix because the vowel sounds of "Vee" and "Ee" are so similar. I've heard the same phenomenon from K8's, though mostly off the air. It
The Florida Contest Group is pleased to welcome the contesting community to the 2022 Orlando Contest Dinner. If you're considering attending the ARRL National Convention at Hamcation 2022 and you've