The ON4KST chat facility has been around for a while and has largely replaced talkback for microwave contacts. The RSGB Contest Committee banned its use in VHF contests last year. We received some cr
The only contests that will be immune from the influence of Skimmer are the sprints - already a supreme test of CW skills. Perhaps all contests should have a compulsory QSY rule? Dave G4BUO _________
No, Joe. Turning it into just another datamode will hasten the demise of CW contesting. Dave G4BUO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com h
So far in the debate mention only seems to have been made of the effect of Skimmer on the receiving station, but I think there is an additional danger. If CW contesting moves more towards "just anoth
Mike's mention of the SNS Sprint prompts me to point out that the first series of RSGB 80m sprint contests starts tomorrow, 14th August with the CW sprint. Activity will be mainly from the UK, but we
I have just heard the very sad news that Paolo I2UIY is Silent Key. He had been in hospital for several weeks following a brain haemorrhage. Paolo was the Father of the EU Sprints, and he put so much
Following the sad death of Paolo I2UIY I am now handling all log submissions for the EU Sprints. The email address for logs eusprint@kkn.net remains unchanged. We believe we have all logs that were s
I am handling logs for the Eu Sprints following the very sad death of Paolo, I2UIY. If your log isn't listed below, please sent ASAP to eusprint@kkn.net Dave G4BUO Phone Sprint == CN8YE CT1ILT DD1MAT
The key point about the Koch method is that you learn one letter at a time at 'full speed' and thereby avoid the 'plateau' that typically occurs at around 8-10wpm if you learn all the letters really
Many of us would like this to apply to all contests but sadly it isn't going to happen. Dave G4BUO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com ht
This is an invitation to participate in the Spring European Sprint contests The CW Sprint is on Saturday 11th April and the Phone Sprint is on Saturday 18th April Both contests start at 16:00UTC and
Amid all this talk of QSO parties, a reminder that the European Phone Sprint contest takes place on Saturday 18th April from 16.00 to 19.59UTC. Once you call CQ or QRZ and make a QSO, you must QSY at
GB7HQ will again be active on all 12 band/mode slots in the IARU contest and we look forward to working you. QSL is via G3TXF, and G3LZQ is handling the awards programme. More info at www.gb7hq.com 1
A reminder that the autumn Eu Sprint contests take place on the next two weekends, 3rd and 10th October. Rules, information and past results are at www.eusprint.com Dave G4BUO _______________________
It's not as simple as that. I'm prepared to bet that if N5TJ had packet available he could have made an even bigger score. It need have nothing to do with changing your operating style and following
I'm sorry to say we are having problems with the European Sprint web site, so we have set up a new site www.eu-sprint.com. At present this just contains the rules but we are working to migrate the fu
Since I2UIY sadly passed away we have been struggling to process logs for the EU Sprint contests. We had an offer of help from Croatia, and Chris 9A5K has come up with some new software Which has pro
This Saturday please join us in the European CW Sprint, 1600-1959UTC on 20, 40 and 80m. We are working on publicity and on integrating the great new checking software by 9A5K with the existing web si
Unfortunately we have had a number of problems with the European Sprint, and a new email address for logs was not ready in time. I am trying to get the old address restored, but if you get a bounce m
I'm sorry, I had to go back and read this several times in case I was missing something. The I went and checked the calendar to make sure it was not April 1st. This, to me, is so self-evidently a "no