Hi Darryl, The sound you hear is the collision of two cultures! The "heritage" hams who are set in their ways and won't consider ANY change and the progressives (who I bet are younger and more inter
Hi all, Wednesday's the big day. We've been packing, repacking, weighing, downloading, and testing in preparation for the ARRL SSB DX weekend. A few minor traumas along the way: The shaft encoder on
My last post to the reflector could not possibly be construed as a "we're in the contest, please work us" post because I FORGOT TO INCLUDE OUR CONTEST CALL! Oops! It's V31DX. Now I feel better ;-). H
The exchange consisting of a fictitious signal report and a three digit number which may or may not (seems most would prefer "may not") pertain to anything in the real world like output power is sim
Hi all, This is probably much too long but it's been sitting here on my computer partly done for days. I guess I just got carried away! Hope you find this entertaining reading. Here's a write-up of t
Hi all, I've been fascinated by this topic for some time. Now that the FCC has removed date of birth records from the licensee database it's been difficult to define the aging of the contester popula
Hi all, I've been fascinated by this topic for some time. Now that the FCC has removed date of birth records from the licensee database it's been difficult to define the aging of the contester popula
The Cuba Libre Contesters at V31DX ABSOLUTELY(!) agree with Paul on this. Signal reports are simply meaningless with everyone handing out 59 or 599. No copying ability is needed and they get very bor
The Cuba Libre Contesters at V31DX ABSOLUTELY(!) agree with Paul on this. Signal reports are simply meaningless with everyone handing out 59 or 599. No copying ability is needed and they get very bor
Hi all, The Cuba Libre Contesters are seriously considering a trek to the far Northeast for the ARRL SSB DX contest in March 1998. I'm now working out the travel and operating logistics. Has anyone o
We have been using Tundra cases from Sea King for all of our travels to V31DX. We've carted down Alpha 76s, ICOM 781s, FT-1000s, and all sorts of bits and pieces in these things without any damage to
After everyone on the reflector has beat this one to death, I'll chime in with a few comments. Sorry, couldn't resist! At V31DX we Cuba Libre Contesters just log the DUPES mostly without comment. In
Hi there boyz and gurls, How 'bout this: I'll just post my complete contest logs on a web page along with a blank card template. Just look up your QSO in the log, fill in the blanks, and print yourse
Dear fellow contesters, A number of discussions both on and off this reflector have prompted me to consider a number of questions. As contesters, who are we? How old are we? Where do we live? What cl
Hi all, The WPX rules discussion has been interesting. From the passionate pleas to change the rules to the equally passionate pleas to not mess with a good thing, it's clear to me that contesters su
Hi all, In two weeks I'll be visiting St. Pierre FP5. Depending on hotel availability I'll be there from June 25-27 or June 28-30. Part of the reason for the trip is to scout out a location for the C
Well, Buckareenas and Buckaroos, here it is Thursday morning before the ARRL SSB DX contest and the Cuba Libre Gang is still in Southern California. A massive pile-up of work commitments has forced u
Greetings all, As you may have noticed, V31DX was not on for the ARRL SSB test this year. From the looks of the scores it appears that the contest was tough going - so maybe we didn´t miss much
I'd like to add (c) to thin out the pileup. When the sunspots are plentiful and the pileups huge (kinda sounds like white noise with the S-meter far to the right!) at the DX end of things the Q-rate
Hi there buckarenas and buckaroos, Once again the Cuba Libre Contesters head south to the sunny climes of Ambergris Caye, Belize for another CQWW SSB contest. We haven't been back to our station at t