This last November, two weeks before the 2005 CQWW CW Contest, while visiting Porto Santo Island (CT3) with me, my good friend N6TJ was telling me about winning the CQWW and how personal all our effo
CROSSCHECKING It is obvious to the majority of contest entrants that the level of log adjudicating has been increasing every year. Notably the CQWW Contest has been the leader in this task, and it is
Why did the Canadians (PT5M) beat the Americans (PW5C) in WRTC 2006? The answer to this question is actually quite simple: Not enough Americans worked PW5C on 40 meters. No, it was not a national boy
I was told Wayne N7NG said that ARRL is focused on DXpedition logs - not on contest logs. Besides it is a FACT that all of the WRTC stations logs are on LOTW and the logs are public on WRTC site. You
"PS: What about sending VV for "33" - anyone have a problem with that?" Well I don't since I used it from CT3NT. Do you have a problem when you send 5NN and use N for 9? Guess not cuz you are doing i
"I hadn't ever heard this before, but I did some research on the web and found this page that lists cut numbers for Morse code numbers: http://www.ac6v.com/morseaids.htm#AB According to this - the cu
There seems to be this myth around that the SOAB Unassisted does better than the SOAB Assisted. In Portugal there is an old saying that a repeatedly told lie becomes a truth, I hope it is not the cas
This is terrible news. I stayed with Phil in his Los Angeles house in 1983 while visiting the US during my University summer vacation with some buddies. He came and operate from Portugal and I had th
Elecraft just announced the K3 radio. http://www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/2007-04/msg00774.html Does anyone know how this radio compares for contesting? -- José Nunes CONTEST C
Barry I have two FT-1000mp's for my SO2R set-up. I was looking for something newer and better to replave these two rigs. When I saw the K3 annouced and data, I knew that was it! I'm hoping to have on
Today is a great day for contesting! All CQWW logs are available to the public under "2006 UBN/NIL Reports" in CQWW web site here http://www.cqww.com/ssblogs.htm When I started doing contesting back
All the 2006 CQWW CW logs are now available on-line here: http://cqww.com/cwlogs/ -- José Nunes CONTEST CT1BOH - http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Tom, there is a lot of negative feedback regarding the FT2000 performance, especially in what matter the most to us contester - the ability to dig weak signals in the presence of very strong nearby
Hi Contesters I just up-dated the History of the CQWW SOAB here http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh/cqwwhistory.htm to reflect the results of the 2006 CQWW Contests. Victory in the SSB CQWW SOAB Contest went t
There seems to be this constant talking about keeping CW alive. The way it is going it will never die. CW contest attract more and more participants than ever. Why? Surely I don't see more people lea
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Dave I think you are wrong. If there is a contest where Skimmer can really make a difference is the Sprint. Being a short contest, any marginal improvement, has a tremendous influence in the final sc
"Paradoxically, one of the most powerful motivations for cheating, according to scholars who study decision-making process, is a desire for fairness" When I was tipped of the Skimmer existence, I sen
"hears" you, Pete This is a fantastic idea. I thing that I really dislike, is to see a particular station spotted 200 times during a Contest and another competitor just spotted 100 times. It is most
Great news! Russian DX Contest wil adopt, starting in 2008, Open Log Policy http://www.radio-sport.net/rdxc08_pre.htm Also good to know RDXC asks every participant to keep exact CAT frequencies in th