Japan has to be one of the toughest places in the world to contest from. (OK, at least one of the toughest mid latitude locations). It is about 7 time zones from Europe, 10 from the USA, with most of
I think it is quite reasonable that for any remote station to count for the club competition that the remote location would have to qualify as if it were manned. So a W6 cannot get NCCC credit for re
K8MR PDA Contest: 0 + j200 qsos 0 + j100 mults -20000 claimed score Time: ????? I didn't really make any qsos, but somehow I kept imagining that I was operating in the PDA, so I guess that's how I en
Does anyone use keyboard/mouse trays? While I like them for general computer use somehow they don't seem to fit in the radio setup. Unless the desk is very shallow, or the radio is pulled near the fr
The results of the 2006 Ohio QSO Party are now posted at the OQP web site, http://www.oqp.us Congratulations to winners: K8MP Ohio SO N8OT Ohio SO LP N8IE Ohio SO QRP K8MAD Ohio Multiop K8BB Ohio Mob
Would it not make more sense to specify the area (sq km, etc) to be included? So that one does not get crazy shapes, you could impose limits on the geometry (circles, quadrilaterals, maybe even a hex
The circle, and specifically a 175 mile radius circle, came about in the mid 1970's as a way to disallow a new "Mad River Radio Club" in Ohio/Indiana/Michigan/Western Pennsylvania. 175 miles was smal
How about a simple rule: When sending numbers that convey no information, go ahead and use cut numbers. For example, 5NN, T for leading zeros, CQ zones where you know the zone from the callsign. For
Was perhaps the FT-1000MP deliberately designed with a very short CW rise/fall time to increase its CW bandwidth, thereby making its Woodpecker jamming more efficient? 73 - Jim K8MR ** See what's fre
An interesting review of noise canceling headphones in today's New York Times: _http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/technology/14pogue.html?pagewanted=2&ei=508 7%0A&em&en=445a2e969d7142d2&ex=1181966400
Is my opinion that the intention of this rule is to avoid someone taking advantage of having several antennas in different areas so separated that said antennas would have different propagation condx
Zone 4: K9NS, K3LR Bzzzt. LR is in Zone 5. You lose the zone but keep the country as you probably worked other Ws for needed zones. :-) But you can see zone 4 from up on his towers. You probably don'
For what purpose? To supposedly "level the playing field"...which it will actually not do. The latter is a myth that has yet to be achieved, even in WRTC. Isn't it time to stop using the term and del
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The purpose of "leveling the playing field" is to increase competition between participants. In radio contesting it can never be made perfectly level although WR
I mean, how is it possible for a single op, single mode, to work only 9 mults less than the best of all the Multi Single stations (in terms of mults). -- It is possible because of the 10 minute rule
The 2007 Ohio QSO Party will be this Saturday, August 25, from 1600z to 0400z August 26. That's noon to midnight, EDT. Two changes for 2007: A plaque will be awarded for top out of state station from
A fact you may not have noticed with the recent weather in much of the country: fall is coming, soon. Which means it's time to dust off those radios, check out those antennas, and have some fun this
The Ohio QSO Party is today (Saturday), starting at 1600z. 80 through 10 meters, exchange is qso number/qth, multipliers by mode. Suggested frequencies up 45 khz on CW, and 3825, 7200, 14250, 21300,
DIGIFEST RULES 2007 1. Date and time: I Period 04:00 UTC - 12:00 Saturday 3 Nov 2007 II Period 20:00 UTC - 04:00 Saturday 3 Nov 2007 III Period 12:00 UTC - 20:00 Sunday 4 Nov 2007 (1-th full weekend
or older than TQP. Of course, RTTY is the fastest growing contest mode so it is inevitable than bandwidth needs will grow even if there was no overlap originally. This problem is just another case of