Since I'll be on from VY1AAA, and I usually operate from Vermont... I know VY1MAB will be on, and I presume John, VE8EV, will be as well, but not confirmed. Cary, VE4EA, will operate remote as W1S, f
Indeed, Tim! I worked many with a new check, often 100w stations that were not strong and who I needed fills from. All were excellent at giving just what I needed. We have a new crop of excellent con
Europe opened to NA very early on 40m this weekend; it was runable from K2LE by 13:30 local both Saturday and Sunday. When I would call CQ, the RBN would light up like a Christmas tree from EU skimme
As Kelly said, getting a great laugh at this whole discussion! Talk about minutia! The best contesters use methods that produce the best results. There is no golden rule. Efficiency is the only rule.
Vince, Many ops use QSK, as I do. If I hear you start to call me when I've re-started to CQ, I stop and copy your call. Yes, I would agree it's annoying if people call CQ with many calling. But I fin
Hi Pete, Yes, i have my RBN filters set to pass our callsign so I could see in the info window of N1MM. When I was,calling CQ, I was amazed at the sheer number of Skimmers in EU spotting me (not typi
If you have high power, 10m can be a lot of fun. In these low years, it is a lot like 6m. BIC counts! VA. Sporadic E single hop to the mid west, but just a single Californian (W6YX) on double-hop. Lo
Very interesting. -- confirms my claim. 73, Gerry W1VE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/c
Hey Dez, Great feedback. From the Northeast US, we use the RBN feed and filter it to show only clusters from the New England states, VE9/2, and out to PA. These makes a very robust feed to populate t
This is a QSP for Marty, KC1CWF.. his CQ-Contest emails don't seem to making the reflector: 73, Gerry W1VE As a 14 year old who is rather active in contesting, I have a few basic thoughts. There is m
A very interesting topical discussion. Here's some of my discovery over the past year and a half, where we did the "Discover the HF Experience" event, once in Canada, one in MA, and another in Dayton
Rookie Roundup misses the point. You need all the factors of a BIG contest to get people really interested. Joe,it sounds you liked the old RR due to some of these factors, it sounds like. Doing a bi
Matt, agree... Phone Fray is a lot of fun -- though I would say it is somewhat "inside baseball". One can create a contest anytime by simply calling CQ anytime and asking for anyone to answer. This d
KE1J was very active from K2LE in Vermont. In CW contesting, the need to spot has virtually been eliminated by the RBN. In fact, if you are not looking at RBN spots, you are at a disadvantage. This h
Agree on all, Ron, 100% We, as the "OTs", must teach new contesters SKILZ (as they call them). As I see it, RBN is "easy", so why not use it? This is what is happening to contesting. I was very frust
My point was Spot. Agree on your points. YT is very rare outside of NA. Yet, one manual spot during ARRL DX.CW. Gerry W1VE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-C
I just read Ash's post on his web page. I wish Dave, K1TTT, still did his analysis of IP traffic. However, with some checking on www.arin.net: Committee says IP of 3V8CB and KG5UOE was 197.2.86.149.
Ash, From your web page "As per CC very first email, my IP is 196.176.13.62, Tunisian number of a mobile 3G/4G provider. That's the only internet I have. The scout house where 3V8SS is doesn't have i
How about we frame the discussion around "Friends spotting Friends" This seems very realistic, and matches human nature. How many of the CQWW DQs are due to friends "cheerleading" by spotting their f
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2017.html Point your beams NNW! See ya from XO1X if the propagation Gods allow! 73, Gerry VE1RM / W1VE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing