Logs for the Tennessee QSO Party are due by the end of the day next Friday, October 8th. We've received a record number of logs, but would love to have more! Please keep 'em coming.. -- Doug Smith W9
We've got 226 logs as of 2:00 CT. You have ten more hours to get yours in; the more the merrier! (logs submitted today aren't on the "logs received" page of our website yet. If you received a confirm
I just finished checking the logs for the Tennessee QSO Party. (results will be out within the next week) We had one entrant whose log indicated he operated from one county, but almost everyone who w
For this specific reason, SS is unique. The originating station's callsign is part of the header of a formal radiogram; the message could not be handled properly without it. Much of the origin of th
Unfortunately, simply talking about poor sunspot numbers may do more to reduce the number of QSOs above 14MHz than the poor sunspot numbers themselves(grin)... Seriously, the numbers may not be what
I didn't move on -- I called them. After all, it might be a needed mult.. If they then IDd (or IDd in the next QSO), I logged them. If they didn't -- well, it's pretty hard to log a QSO with a statio
I think I typed up a similar proposal in a private email to someone else. It would work like this: Modifications would be made in node software to establish optional "obfuscation levels". Bit 1: If s
At least literally, there are no states in the other Central American countries. (they call their sub-national subdivisions something else) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 ________________
I would imagine it's difficult for most of us to understand this rule. There simply isn't much chance a team of Germans or Australians or Japanese will build a superstation in Boston, far better than
It should probably be noted... that both the ARRL rules for all HF contests, and the CQ WW rules, as they exist today, explicitly allow for remote stations with the control point located outside the
How many participants in ARRL DX (or for that matter, any other contest) enter with the belief they may win? Seems to me the vast majority of those who make QSOs in any contest do not believe for one
I have GOT to stop posting so close to when I leave for work... I don't think I emphasized highly enough the last sentence -- and the point -- of my post. IMHO, leveling -- or not leveling -- the pla
Not that I really think the scoring system needs changing, but to toss out an outside-the-box thought... How about a scheme where the winner is the entrant whose score has seen the greatest improveme
Today is the deadline for sending in your log for the Tennessee QSO Party. We've received 212 logs so far. We'd love to see that number grow! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 _______________
Given the nature of the contest this data may be of limited value, but... The Tennessee QSO Party allows roughly 30 days for submission of entries. That period closed on Thursday. Offered without com
To play devil's advocate.. is it possible the correct exchange had been transmitted for both QSOs? i.e... is it possible he was mobile? Years ago, I sent seven different states during an ARRL DX SSB
I respond to this with "CALL?". (they usually *do* then ID. Whether they get the point -- as to why I just called them for the 3rd/4th/5th time -- I have no idea.) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, T
I'm sure this isn't what Dennis has in mind but... IMHO this could be read as "don't waste my time trying to work me if you're unassisted". Will those who are opposed to the use of "local Skimmers*"
E. Bang your head in frustration as the DX operator waits 10 minutes to sign his call, because everyone else is skipping Step B. This problem seemed a LOT worse in ARRL CW than in past contests. -- D
One thing I feel compelled to mention whenever the term "wireless keyboard" comes up... DO NOT use more than one in the same room! We learned the hard way at work. These things automatically handshak