What a great pix of Phil to help offset the current sadness. You can see "Contesting Joy" radiating in his smile. Phil will be missed in Visalia this year, but if all the convention materials are not
Is the Alaska QSO Party a defunct event? I've tried several times in the past to get information but end up going down a black hole. I find this strange since there are so many AL/KL/WL/NL stations a
When I heard a Caribbean station saying "Please Post Me" to several stations worked, my curiosity was tweaked. How does this play out in the Assisted/Packet vs. Non-Assisted realm? Tnx & 73... Rick,
Tnx...that's what I was thinking but wasn't sure. Two more questions: 1. There have been times when I've heard lonely Contesters CQ'ing their hearts out and a wave of compassion always comes over me.
<snip> Maybe he worked or heard 'em on 8 bands? I'm sure many operators in the Contest benefited from AA3B's prolific packet posts with more QSOs in their logs. 73... Rick, K6VVA ____________________
For those interested in, or working on, a remote station venue like myself, major Congrats to TenTec for their Visionary action step into the future. The new TenTec OMNI VII has just raised the bar f
IMHO, Doug is more of a true "Visionary" than a Dreamer, and his suggestion is a brilliant idea. I think even my good friend Jim Neiger/N6TJ might endorse this too :-) Bringing people back to having
Fellow NCCCer Rick, N6RK, has been extremely helpful to me in understanding some of the nuances of remote operations. His 160m signal from Galt is becoming Legendary, of course! That being said, it's
(RE-Threaded from Packet debate) In a discussion with a fellow NCCC member after our Annual Awards meeting last night, a mini-debate about "remote site" operations and "rules" necessitates a question
Hot Diggity-Dog... TNX. Gee, I sure wish the entire, complete rules for a specific contest could be contained *within* those contest rules themselves. {SIGH} Umh, that was meant to be (partially) ton
So, are you going to keep us in suspense here, or share the details of the "intelligent engineering" you referred to? Tnx & 73... Rick, K6VVA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
I checked with the ARRL Contest Manger last year about operating remotely in the ARRL DX Contest from KP2 via remote while still here in California. "No problem". Well, "THEE Problem" is that nasty t
I really think we also need to plan on what Dennis, K2SX/4, described as "Distributed Contesting" operations to be a future category (or at least make provisions for this and nail down the ground rul
You can do this now (to an extent depending upon areas of interest) via: http://www.dxtuners.com . When I could only hear the recent 1A4A operation about 229 in my "Black Hole To Europe" location on
How on earth did you get "U" as a cut number for "8"? I'm completely Baffled. 73... Rick, K6VVA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
Better start looking for some good deals on Harleys, Paul, 'cuz Remote Site Contesting is here to stay. I empathize with what you're saying, but Ham Radio and Contesting have always produced "Innovat
No, No, & No. He is first working a station that is under the control of an operator. If Paul works HC8N, PJ2T or one of the other GREAT Multi stations in a Contest, does he inquire at time of the QS
(Also applies to When is a QSO not a QSO?) HA! I finally picked up my mail from the P.O. Box in town a while ago, and had to chuckle when I saw an article in the new April QST: "Remote Control of the
That's what the ARRL Contest Manager has basically clarified. Shucks, I'll chip in a few bucks to help get VY1JA a 160m antenna if he doesn't have one! Umh, Herb and I have been discussing the possib
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