To be clear on the rules, CQWW 2014 contests were NOT "WRTC2018 qualifying events" so no penalty automatically applies to those disqualified for the 2014 CQWW contests. CQWW 2015 & 2016 contests ARE
May everyone understand the underlying truth of what you say. Order of priorities to maximize contest score: 1. location; 2. antennas; 3. operator; and only then, 4. equipment. IMHO, one could use an
I don't understand the connection between submitting a log, and rules & technology. Unfortunately it is rare that am I able to operate a contest full time and seriously, but I do try to email the log
I think ARRL already does break out geographic regions as well as division clusters for at least some of their contests in their full results articles. See, for example: http://www.arrl.org/files/fil
Abbreviated version of email mistakenly not copied to relevant lists. The problem with MS & M2 is that the WRTC applicant may, or may not, be a primary contributor to the score being counted. For WRT
Weirder still, it appears to belong to ES7GM. I don't know about domestic ES amateur radio regulations, but in most countries if one is a resident OR if one holds a license issued by that country, on
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While discussing paper certificates, let's recognize the many who repeatedly sponsor the plaques awarded in the CQ contests. My club long has sponsored multiple plaques, and recently I personally sta
Uniques are counted in the CQ & ARRL contests. Is there a proposal to change this? What exactly is this discussion about? 73, Dave K3ZJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
A couple of weeks ago I was on the northwest coast of Jutland in Denmark (near Hjørring*)* and down the road from my house I spotted a multi-band dipole. It had what looked to be some odd traps -- do
K3IT's free "qsorder" for N1MM & N1MM+ uses small .mp3 files & has worked well for many ops: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsorder/files/ 73, Dave K3ZJ _____________________________________________
I think it would be great if the RBN & software people would come up with a short, fast CW ID that could be activated periodically for SSB stations when they are running. On another point, my underst
I updated N1MM+ today, and indeed it includes the revision to spotting. The notes explain it thusly: "For each Entry Window, do not auto spot QSOs if successive QSOs are on the same frequency. This i
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Jim, As I suspect you well know, there WERE four financed teams at WRTC2014 and there are spots for five at WRTC2018. And they certainly were as competitive as the other teams, capturing place number
Bose offers an in-line mic to go with the QC15 and QC25 headphones. It's intended use is for wireless phone calls. Has anyone tried using it for SSB and attained decent voice quality? Related Questio
TenTec apparently has new ownership but an announcement is planned only after the first of the year. No one has identified the new owner, but if my hunch is correct, it is a contester known in these
re WRTC2014 J.K. George, N3BB available Feb. 1 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. (see link below) CONTACT SPORT "SUSPENSE *and* CONTROVERSY *in* RADIOS BIGGEST COMPETITION. In the woods of Massachusett
This has become a very strange thread indeed. The NAQP rules specifically recognize the possibility that some stations may run more than 100 watts and provide that logs of such stations will be check
WFWL! I "caught" RG8U long ago when it was a new call. Joke was on me. 73, Dave K3ZJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.con