Christian, I took George's point to be that the "log only what you hear" advice is misleading because the result can be silly (and wrong) if you literally apply it. He is saying one should determine
CO8DM: "Yes, in Multi-Two stations you have 2 Running stations but you can install few Multipliers stations only to work Multipliers...sometimes you find Multipliers in one of the bands you have a Ru
Actually, Gerry, the FCC amateur rules are explicit on this very point. Section 97.307(b): "Emissions resulting from modulation must be confined to the band or segment available to the control operat
This just received from Fred, HS0ZAR (K3ZO). 73 & GL to all, Dave K3ZJ ____ Now I am looking forward to our upcountry operation in the CQWW CW. My operating partners HS0ZDX (G4UAV), HS0ZDY (SM3DYU),
Let's not confuse 'assisted' with 'SO2R'. IMHO, SO2R is difficult. Assisted can be difficult or not, much depending upon whether SO1R or SO2R and whether seeking maximum score or maximum enjoyment. M
ARRL RFI book and web info include information on light dimmers, which are a well-known source of interferencece -- especially on 80 & 160 meters. See http://www.arrl.org/touch-lamp, at bottom of pag
93 years later & we're still discussing how to call CQ properly during a competition. "... the ARRL Operating Department announced a *100 meter CQ party* for the nights of 24 and 25 March 1923, from
Jukka, There must be a misunderstanding. PVRC wasn't founded until 1947. And the World Wide contest has always been called "World Wide" since its first run in 1939, sponsored by Radio Magazine. After
It costs $3.50 to send a card from Denmark to the U.S., but only $1.20 to send the same card from the U.S. to Denmark. In fact, it is less expensive to send a card to Copenhagen from Washington than
The DARC Community Log (DCL) is available to hams worldwide and used for all DARC and WRTC 2018 awards. You don't even have to download your log information for CQWW, CQ WPX, and DARC contests if you
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Congratulations (and thanks) to our many Italian Radiosport friends for initiating their candidacy for WRTC2022. "We the undersigned start the process of candidature to WRTC 2022 in Italy. With the h
I'm hoping to have my C31XR on the ground this week to re-attach the 20M reflector that fell last October. I am feeding all 3 bands with a single coax. If you have any information about the pros/cons
Agree. Alternating CQs on two or more frequencies on the same band should be prohibited for all categories in single-mode contests, not just for multi-operator entries. But I would consider NOT apply
Bob, your interpretation of the ARRL rule is far beyond its bounds. Fairly read and in context, it refers to non-operating help with the station DURING the contest. To me, this rule is addressing the
I note that with regard to the CQWW & CQ WPX contests, which are the largest in the world in terms of participants and entrants by far: thanks to the extremely hard work of the volunteers on the resp
To be clear in context and for *most* contests, for mono band (single band) entries, there is no need to use the "X-QSO" function for QSOs on a different band. Assuming that your single band category
John, The results also were posted at the usual two websites, those of CQ Magazine and WWROF CQWW (cq-amateur-radio.com [CQ-Amateur-Radio.COM <http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_dx_con
Oops, page 109 of the April CQ finishes the line scores and has the checklog & DQ list. It is missing from the results posted on the Internet at both www.cq-amateur-radio,com and CQWW.com, guess they
Entertainment for an intermission from the debate over DQs is provided courtesy of Yaesu and the German sponsors of WRTC2018. https://player.vimeo.com/video/213035703?autoplay=1&quality=1080p 73, Dav