Oh my gosh...just when you think you've heard it all ;-( On 40m CW tonight, for a moment I thought my RX was jumping all over the place. CN2KM would work one or two people and then be on a different
Pete, N4ZR shared some very interesting statistics: ARRL CW SS: 2000 - 1236 2001 - 1268 2002 - 1319 2003 - 1240 <etc., etc.> I'd love to see some stats from the late 1950's & 1960's as a comparison.
Jim, W0UO/5 suggested: policy of the sponsoring WHOA!!! I disagree...I think Top 10 lists are not only cool, they are highly motivational. Case in point. After 30 years of QRT from HF/DX/Contesting,
When football teams compete, there is really a level playing field. It's not just the ground, but essentially everyone wears the same type of equipment down to the jockstraps. I played football in Hi
You're right...my apologies for wigging out, but it was very bizarre at the time! Don't you just hate it when that happens? Confession: I've done similar things when "split"...a very dangerous butto
Gee, I guess I'm not grasping the big stink over Line Scores & printed publication vs. the Net. With the costs of digital data storage constantly going down and the costs of printing going through th
Bill, K4XS suggested an interesting option for consideration: subscription in two forms. An interesting option, Bill. Maybe even 3 tiers: Gold - Silver - Bronze (the latter being for those who ONLY w
Ward, N0AX brilliantly suggested: Another brilliant idea, Ward, and it is *not* a "Programming Nightmare". I like your "radical" thinking, OM! The only option I would add is one to insure that a sepa
Very good observation. For those with HOA's that do not allow for *any* type of external TV antenna, an attic mini-beam might be the answer...even if a wire one with traps? 73... Rick, K6VVA ________
[SIGH...] While I admire those who take on the challenge of 5w in a DX contest (or any other NON-QRP-Specific) event, these are my observations (and FRUSTRATIONS) of working stations that sign "calls
too much trouble'. Umh, the "damage is done", so to speak, when you type in 5 or 6 letters of the callsign (and if the Auto Send Character Count is ON...out spits the CW). Then, "surprise, surprise"
You present some logical options, and nothing personal, however... Trust me...in a DX contest, DX ops (especially CONTEST-Peditions where many $$$ have been spent in transportation, shipping and/or Q
Jeff, K8ND (sometimes PJ2/K8ND) commented: Amen & Amen & Amen. My "Final-Final" comments I feel need to include the following, in response to those in favor of "/QRP" callsign add-ons for *whatever*
Hi, Carl: There may be info in all of this for a filler article if you come up short sometime :-) 73... Rick, K6VVA Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:51:35 -0800 To: cq-contest@contesting.com From: Eric Hild
Ooops..."Operator QLF''. I pushed the email Send button not noticing that cq-contest was pre-filled into the "To:" field. That email was *supposed* to have gone directly to Carl at the NCJ, and not C
(RE-Threaded from: Signing /QRP In Contests) I believe this is deserving of a separate Subject thread. -- Steve, K0SR, very appropriately made the following comment pertaining to QRP Contest Operator
Roy, WA4DOU wrote: == Folks, As a longtime member of QRP ARCI, the oldest and largest QRP organization, I'll be happy to contact various members/officers about the subject of /qrp and why its gumming
I agree with Jim on this one. "If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck..." (a/k/a same call sign, same station/QTH). 73... Rick, K6VVA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
Maybe VE3NEA's Morse Trainer should be renamed "Contest Trainer"? This is one cool little puppy & very realistic. I just *love* the QSB/"Arctic Flutter" signals...my favorite :-) Unless I've missed s
Since I got back on HF just about a year ago, I need to say that Dan Henderson, N1ND (at the ARRL Contest Branch) has been extremely gracious and helpful in answering numerous contest related questio