By working the dups without any comment you are encouraging people not to bother to check whether they have you have already worked before they call. This is lazy operating but is clearly done by a l
I agree with Ward N0AX. All the time there are NO contests on the WARC bands, we can say to the anti-contesters that there is a haven where they can go on the (few) weekends when we trash the main si
For anyone who isn't at Dayton this weekend, have a go at the European CW Sprint contest on Saturday 16th May, 1500 to 1859 UTC. Stations outside Europe may only work European stations for points. Si
I have received a couple of comments following my article in NCJ about Eu field day which takes place this coming weekend 6th-7th June 1500-1500 UTC. One detail I left out is the exchange, which is R
I agree that on the whole, it is better to sign your call after each QSO. Few would disagree that the strategies suggested by Dick N6AA can help to squeeze a few more Qs, or some more valuable Qs, ou
Bill W4AN asked why the low level of activity in the WAE CW contest from several areas of Eu, including the UK. I raised this about four years ago on the reflector. I love the QTCs, they add an extra
My apologies to Tine, I should have checked my facts and I am pleased that WAE with its current rules does not count for qualification for WRTC 2000. The ARRL contest is a major contest in my view, a
November RSGB Contest Dates == Please note that the dates for the Club Calls Contest and the 2nd 1.8MHz CW Contest are NOT as they appear on page 82 of November Radcom. The dates were originally publ
Add me to the list of those who think adding 6m to the ARRL DX contest is an extremely bad idea. Maybe Tim missed by a month and intended to put this item out on April 1st? I am an ARRL member, and t
RAA22452 Sender: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C I agree with George W2VJN. It's a shame all the contest antenna stuff has moved to Towertalk. I do
Oh dear ... body piercing to keep you awake for 48 hours .... Bill Gates won't let us carry on using our DOS logging programs (some of which allow you to log sent exchanges other than 599) ... whatev
I'm a little bit disturbed by the sentiment expressed by Tom DL8AAM that everyone should be able to play in SS. A few weekends a year (but not as many as some would have you believe) we contesters ta
This sort of statement worries me: have of programs My understanding was that, for CQWW contests at least, the computer does NOT automatically apply any penalties. It produces a list of potential err
Icom provided brand-new IC765 and IC735 radios for each station in the original WRTC in Seattle in 1990. I remember being very impressed with the IC765, and regret not having brought one back with me
Are there any contesters on the list located in or near Cadiz, Spain or Toulon, France? If so please reply to me off-list. Many thanks, Dave G4BUO _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Hi Craig There are very many of us who are clear that packet is not just a technological 'advancement', it is fundamentally not single-operator because you have a whole host of packet users all find
G3MLO has just phoned me to pass on the sad news that Frank Cooper G2QT died at the weekend at the age of 91. He was a beacon in the ARRL contests for many years and perhaps it is fitting that he pas
Wally Just to correct the arithmetic in an earlier posting That's 25% not 30%. This year our percentage is below 20%. And critically, we never ask Gs to come on and work only GB5HQ. We want them to e
We don't have precise numbers yet but we had nearly 2,200 QSOs with Gs, and nearly 2,000 QSOs with DLs. This certainly confirms that Germans are more active than Brits in this contest. But assuming D
Yes we've done this one many times before but I get worried when I see the sort of posting from Red K0LUZ. Suppose in the next major contest I'm in my shack, ready to go. In the next room I have set