Great suggestion Jeff. Not everyone is an attorney or even familiar with the English language so the complete rules on a couple of pages would be clearer. I am very familiar with the ARRL contests th
That is great news Paul. I look forward to seeing the additional categories. John KK9A Those are the Single Operator categories for 2021 as well. 2022 will see new categories added. We will be announ
Indeed ICE filters were problematic, especially on 10m. I found Dunestar 600 to be very reliable and easy to control with a band decoder. The owner is a silent key so I am not sure of their availabil
You are referring to N7EA. John KK9A Howdy - Ron Crouse, W7EA, passed away recently. He was the owner of Dunestar and died of some degenerative disease. He was W7GJS when I got my Novice in Moses Lak
I found it interesting to see WPX activity in the Caribbean disappear in 2020. John KK9A aka P40A etc. Stanley Zawrotny k4sbz.stan at gmail.com Very nice. Its interesting to watch an area grow by cli
That is awesome Dan! I hope that you'll add world plaques too. John KK9A Daniel Craig wrote: We invite U.S. Amateurs to participate in the 2021 Unassisted Challenge. The Challenge is open to Amateurs
I believe most CQ-Contest readers do know what 2BSIQ is. CT1BOH gave it that name after the 2016 CQWW CW contest and the acronym has been mentioned on this list over 130 times. How many operators can
My 2016 reference was regarding the acronym not the practice. http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2016-11/msg00385.html I am sure that running CW on two radios has been done for a l
I have been there many times, 14.150.5MHz definitely in the US phone band. Unfortunately some OOs (Official Observers) do not understand upper side band very well. I have seen frequency violators nea
They are still listed separately https://cqwpx.com/records.htm John KK9A GE All So now that there is no distinction between assisted and unassisted in CQ WPX CW this month. If enter Single Band 40 us
here were only 21 M/M Distributed stations that have loaded their CQ WPX CW logs so I agree that in only has a minimal effect on the available stations to work. If the ops have fun in that category i
I use an Array Solutions StackMatch with a MicroHam Stack Max push button control. It's easy to switch antennas or even use both (or more) at once. Array Solutions also sells a 2Pak switch. John KK9A
Below is a video of LZ5DB doing a terrific job operating LZ5R in the 2021 WPX CW contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQ7Y01Fkr0&t=1056s _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes
N6KT wrote an excellent post last year on the "please copy" exchange which you can read in the link below. Rich is one of the top SSB contest ops and I am sure that he has heard his fair share of rep
1x1 calls tend to throw people off however if it is a callsign that you can use in future contests I would go for it. D4B worked very well for Al! John KK9A Quick question... I have the call V31XX, b
Your questions was clear. The StackMatch is rated for 3KW CW. Array Solutions products are pretty tough so this would probably work unless you are running two RTTY stations. If you are running two st
I have operated many DX contests from Illinois and I there is a huge difference between east coast and midwest propagation. Beside the mileage difference east coast stations have their first skip ove
it is not clear what mast size. 3" masts clamp better and are much stronger but for whatever reason 2" is the ham standard. Are you sure that the mast is really slipping or is the motor being back d
It has been a while since I received a CQ magazine so I emailed them last week to see if there was an issue with my subscription. So far they have been unresponsive. I also usually buy their calendar
Wow that is quite a rule change! I have always enjoyed the randomness of not knowing what rare station will call next or where and when I will be spotted. W2RE did not display his 20m operating frequ