I invite all competitors of PJ2T to post spots of our call frequently in an effort to REDUCE our score. Over and over again! Send your friends to spot us! Please! ;-) There are only a few hours in a
Although we are having some difficulty getting the new PJ2T CW Skimmer Server on the island of Curacao to properly operate with the network infrastructure of our host, there is still a possibility th
Does anyone have a "retired" (or spare) RF Applications IBS-1 band decoder box? They are long out of production, were manufactured by RF Applications, and marketed by Array Solutions. This shows what
The Contest Advisory Committee should never have been operating in secret. CAC represents contesters. What possible internal communications about their deliberations should be kept from that constit
we What a lot of finger-waggling at Jamie NS3T over nothing. 1. The CQWW Contest Committee (or staff) made the error, listing M/M LZ9W among those re-categorized to "Assisted": http://www.cq-amateur
I'm flying back down to Curacao explicitly for the Stew this year, arriving 12/14 and departing 12/20. I've been wanting to operate the Stew from the Signal Point PJ2T station since my first Curacao
The Stew is coming next weekend, the Santa the following weekend! Rules here: http://jzap.com/k7rat/stew.rules.txt Spit in the Sun?s eye, and support Topband! 73, Jeff K8ND _________________________
Topbanders: Seeking the collective experiences from you. Some years ago, I assembled an OpAid for myself providing guidance in selecting operating frequencies on 160 meters. In building it, I asked (
Even if you only made a few QSOs in the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge in December, you should send in your log! Scores of all those you worked are affected by whether you were operating at Hi
The SH5 log analyzer uses a file 'sh5.master' as it's Super Check Partial database. The one in my v2.36 copy is dated as VER20120509 (May 2012). Is there a newer database existing? Is this file ge
Our PJ2T log is bouncing back from the Robot with the error message that the Club: is not recognized. There are five clubs to be credited, each with 1/8 of the score. They are all spelled out corre
An article in the October 1968 issue of CQ Magazine by John Thompson W1BIH (sk), about the winning PJ3CC operation from Curacao in the 1967 CQWW CW Contest. Operators included W1BIH, W4KFC, W3GRF, W4
The 12-year-old Topband antenna and feedline at the PJ2T contest station on Curacao has been replaced, and will be tested tonight. Signal reports welcome! 73, Jeff K8ND (No, I'm not there until Novem
I've recorded a short (90 second) video of CW Skimmer operation during the 2009 CQWW 160 CW Contest at PJ2T, as a demonstration of the value of CW Skimmer to the Multi-Op or Single-Op Assisted contes
Based on feedback received, I've re-recorded the demo of CW Skimmer at PJ2T during the 2009 CQWW 160 CW Contest to include audio. The description is below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7n3J9OAM8
I was one of the operators at PJ2T during the CQWW CW contest. This posting is my personal opinion, and doesn't speak for the PJ2T CQWW CW Team or the CCC club as a whole On the day before the submis
Jim W8WTS and I are ready to go at PJ2T for the CQWW 160 CW Contest this weekend. One of the things I did during the "off season" is analyze one of our frustrations: the fact that we can hear Europe
G'day Jorge: 1. What is this 'DX Window' of which you speak? DX Windows were eliminated from all bandplans years ago, and the CQ 160 rules make no reference at all to a DX Window. The only remainin
Is anyone using solid-state amps at a competitive multi-multi station? Which? Any problems? 73, Jeff K8ND _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting
When Topband conditions are good, it is easy to get enthralled by working stations via the trans-Atlantic path. This is a reminder to not ignore stations to the South! Every year, there are many Sout