Author: George via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:47:46 -0500
John, I agree. It is my practice to work dupes and not question them. And, if I call someone and he gives me a QSO B4, I usually simply ask for another QSO. Most times, I get the QSO, but sometimes,
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 11:15:41 -0800
There is no issue in need of solving. Rudy N2WQ Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
Author: Scott Pederson via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 22:30:33 +0000 (UTC)
PLEASE NO. Doing so would alter all of the entertainment content my Monday and Tuesday inbox have to offer. Carry On. - DR From: "James M. Galm, W8WTS" <jim@w8wts.com> To: cq-contest@contesting.com S
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:28:57 -0500
A couple of thoughts: During the contest, did anybody care what category CR3L was planning to enter? Would anybody have done anything differently during the contest had they known CR3L was going to b
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 20:20:42 -0800
You are kidding, right? A M/2 stations beats the pants out of a M/M station and now the M/2 is a sore loser?! PJ2T had every opportunity to win. Kudos to the CR3L team for doing such a great job. For
Author: Tony Brock-Fisher via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 14:10:36 -0500
Yankee Clipper Contest Club is pleased to announce its Matching Gift Program for donations made to WRTC2018. YCCC has allocated up to $1000 to matching donations made by other individuals to WRTC2018
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:31:03 -0500
To generate some material for the PVRC newsletter, I 've created an online survey on the category shopping/hopping issue. Please take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S88Y66X Results will
Author: I4UFH via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:37:38 +0100
Thanks Martin to point out the difference between carabian and west africa . Unfortunatly they can't be compared, zone 33/35 have more advantage over 9/10/11 including HC8 and PY0F , due position wer
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:46:46 -0500
Zone 33/35 has the advantage over Zone 8/9 of being a short shot away from about 60 countries in Europe, vs. maybe 10 available in NA from zone 8/9. Secondarily, the antipodes from 33/35 is roughly K
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:56:00 -0500
Hans, you'd better double check the demographics before you make such a statement (down below). Most of us aren't in our 80's yet, but we're well on our way. At first glance, it seems your data suppo
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 13:38:56 -0500
How long is this survey running? Are the results out? Rudy N2WQ Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect. _______________________________________________
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 05:26:25 -0500
We are up to 279 responses, I will let it run a few more days and then post the results here with an article also in the PVRC newsletter. 73 John K3TN _______________________________________________
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:48:29 +0000 (UTC)
Ranko, The new products look absolutely awesome. The contesting hardware market can certainly benefit from more innovation and competition. Bring them on! From a software perspective, which loggers h
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 05:56:18 -0500
I'll leave the survey up a bit longer (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S88Y66X) but with 305 respondents, the results are: Yes, it is unethical and I think contest rules should specifically prohibit.-
Author: Charlie via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 10:36:16 -0500
Great idea!!! If you want CW to be even more popular in the US, how about swapping CW and SSB weekends every other year so that it doesn't align with the Thanksgiving holiday about 6 years out of 7.
Author: Chris Wynn via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 20:43:13 +0000 (UTC)
I was first licensed at 12 years of age. Fortunately, I had a great mentor, Mike Greenway, K4PI, that always kept me pushing further. With that being said, I didn't not have the resources to contes
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:47:34 -0500
There are few competitive events where the "civilians" mix right in with the "professionals". Imagine an auto race where your typical Ma and Pa Sunday drivers were out there with the race cars. But t
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:03:07 -0500
Also check this entry statistics page: http://www.cqww.com/stats.htm 73, Ken, AB1J In a message dated 2015-12-21 3:11:48 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim, k5zd@charter.net writes: This page will give y
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:46:52 -0500
A year or so I did some antenna work for a local non-contest type, on his Tennadyne log periodic. We checked things when I finished and all seemed to be OK. A couple of days later he called and said
Author: KB8N via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:09:38 -0500
Amen. I had a two year assignment to Europe in the early 90s, where I held the call DA1AM. Let me tell you, the adrenalin rush from an almost inexhaustable number of multipliers on the low bands made