2200-2230 UTC, Friday, 1 January 0200-0230 UTC, Saturday, 2 January (Friday evening NA time) Same time and same drill as in recent years. This coming Friday, let's have two 30-minute practice session
I'm pleased to announce the official results of the 2015 Ten-Meter RTTY Contest. Links to the results and online certificates are on the home page at http://www.rttycontesting.com. Thanks to all who
2100-2130 UTC, Thursday, 11 February 0100-0130 UTC, Friday, 12 February (Thursday evening NA time) On Thursday, let's have two 30-minute practice sessions to check out our station equipment, software
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This is a reminder that logs for the CQ WPX RTTY Contest last weekend are due at 2359z today, just as the ARRL DX CW Contest begins. We welcome logs after the deadline, but they will not be eligible
OK, guys, UNCLE already! The only plaque sponsorships taken for the 2016 CQ WPX RTTY Contest is 20M QRP, NA M2, World Club and NA Club. All other categories are currently open. A plaque can be done f
The raw scores are now posted at http://www.cqwpxrtty.com/claimed.htm?mode=ry. "Raw Scores" are scores computed by the log check software before reductions for errors and penalties. Accordingly, the
You're both right. If the second radio is used for S&P, even a good SO2R operator will only add a few percent more QSOs. But, if both radios are running and interleaving QSOs, a good SO2R operator ca
Not every contest imposes penalties on incorrectly logged QSOs, beyond losing credit for the QSO. Contests that do impose penalties are simply requiring higher accuracy, in balance with speed and qua
Players from one basketball team do not "team up" with players from the competing basket team. They are always in competitive mode with respect to one another. In Radiosport, two competitors dynamica
Penalty assessments are not loss of other properly recorded QSOs. The penalty assessment is points reduced in your final computed score. This is simply a rule, in some contests, to reward accuracy a
All digital operators are invited to participate in the 2016 Digital Mode Most Wanted Survey. Previously known as the "RTTY Most Needed DXCC Entities Survey" in 2002, 2005 and 2011, the name has been
Your input needed! 300 responses came quickly ... then, nothing. There were over 1000 responses to the last survey and we'd like at least that many to make this one meaningful. Please take the survey
If you are attending the Dayton Hamvention in less than 2 weeks, be sure to view the K3LR video of overall contest activites: http://wwrof.org/webinar-archive/dayton-2016-contest-activities/ In addit
CQ WW RTTY was designed from the beginning with US/VE states/areas as multipliers to encourage the world to work NA as much as EU. The "world", of course, is predominantly EU and NA in terms of parti
I love the Dayton Hamvention. It provides eyeball QSOs to complement the many on-the-air QSOs I've enjoyed over the years, even the truncated contest QSOs that make up most of my logs. It's an opport
Looks like DARA came through once again! The Greene County Fair and Exposition Center is in the opposite direction of downtown Dayton (to the southeast) 16 miles (22 minutes). The Hara Arena was to t
Note that the log checking and award announcement took only 34 days. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
The semi-annual RTTY Sprint is this evening, 00-04Z Sunday. (8pm - midnight, EDT or 5-9pm PDT) Only taking 4 hours of your weekend, it is a superb event for honing RTTY contesting skill. And, just in
Another CQ WW contest season opens this weekend with the RTTY mode. Rules are available at http://www.cqwwrtty.com/rules.htm in English and several other languages thanks to a number of volunteer tra