A 48 hour classic might also be nice for those that cannot operate SO2R. John KK9A There is a 24 hour category. Single-op, classic. Lots of fun ! 73, Steve, N2IC _____________________________________
Top Ten DX Doubler and MicroHAM Micro 2R are both nice mic/headphone switches. John KK9A Hello, I am looking for a mic/headphone switch<snip> _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
There is no "Classic" in the 30-36 hour WPX contests. Why are you saying that the Low Power category is silly? It happens to be the most popular category and it can be very competitive. John KK9A Thi
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I bought a Honda EU2000I for my station in Aruba, after a contest power failure. Having a generator seemed to be good insurance for stabile power because I did not have another failure for a decade.
Well stated Kelly. Remote Ham Radio and station rentals are also apparently legal. One question is who would sponsor the prize money? Many big contests do not even have plaque sponsors for some popul
K5ZD did a fantastic job as CQ WPX and CQ WW director. We appreciate your efforts and responsiveness in making those contests great. The next director will have some big shoes to fill. GL Randy! John
If it was detrimental to their score, they would not be doing it. As long as they ID frequently and do not respond at 35-40 WPM to someone calling CQ at 30 WPM, I do not see anything to gripe about.
The best frequency for IDing varies with the circumstances. It is a method of pileup control and also saves a little sending time if done properly. CQWW rules require sending your callsign every thre
Why would you not take advantage of a quieter frequency to run Europe and also avoid having zero point US stations (in the ARRL DX Contest) call you? I have spent many many hours outside the US ham p
How about prohibiting CQing? John KK9A - WP2AA It would be interesting if a major ssb dx contest dared to restrict the percentage/duration of time you could run on 40/20/15M. 73, Barry N1EU _________
Great Idea! I lost a 6 point QSO and a mult last weekend because the stations thought that I was a dupe and went back to CQing. I worked (and logged) all the dupes that called me. John KK9A Everyone
I spent a lot of time on 40m last weekend trying to copy callsigns and serial numbers through QRN, QRM and not great conditions. Leading zeros can be confusing, so can just hearing a single digit num
This seems like a perfect solution John KK9A <snip> Perhaps the sponsors could voluntarily disable the band breakdown display during contest weekends, and the whole issue would go away. 73, Pete N4ZR
I see that as a major distraction rather than assistance. It would be easier to tune around looking for mults. John KK9A Which is why it is best left in the assisted category. Honestly, even the Mult
I hope that this does not happen. The CQ WPX RTTY contest also has no unassisted category. This pushes operators to use the cluster to be competitive instead of using their SO2R S&P skills. John KK9A
So how would you verify that the overlay guys did not use assistance without putting in the same log checking efforts? More importantly, what would happen to the cq-contest list if there was no unass
I used to also believe this but it is incorrect. Look how many 2nd radio QSOs N6MJ made in CQWW CW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no8nGGa99cE John KK9A SO2R has a very small effect on the number of
I just ran my 2016 WPX RTTY log though an analyzer and it estimated that 32.3% of my QSOs were made on the second radio. John KK9A _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
According to CQWW's survey 54.5% of serious contesters worldwide did not want the categories combined. North American's felt even stronger about this with 71.5% wanting to keep assisted separate. Joh