Regarding the WPX contest, the ID rule was already enacted before most of us had a chance to give our opinion. I doubt any feedback after the contest would change things and by then it was old news.
AI6V has put his home and station in Aruba up for sale: http://swap.qth.com/view_ad.php?counter=1140773 . This is a beautiful home in a nice area and it has a competitive station. John KK9A / P40A __
I am surprised to see that 68% of contestants use Wintest logging software. As a Writelog user I am curious, is there a reason that Wintest was so dominant? John KK9A To: <wrtc2014@lists.wrtc2014.org
Excellent work! It is fun looking back in history and seeing so many familiar callsigns. It is interesting to see the U.S. multi-multi won by W7RM in Washington in 1971. John KK9A N2NC and team have
Out of curiosity, are the verticals less susceptible to rain static than yagis? John KK9A Hello Mike and Dave! We have found that 4 squares on 20, 15 and 10 meters work very well for hearing DX stati
CQ WPX has a single tribander with single wire antennas for the low bands category. John KK9A As I read the responses about the history of low power, specifically 150 vs 100 watts, I think we are mis
When did this thread become a discussion on changing the ARRL low power definition? As someone who has entered the low power category I happen to like the 150w limit and my transceiver has no problem
It depends on what country you are visiting. I have had no problems with the Caribbean countries that I have visited other than an occasional question. One thing that really gets the attention of cus
Why would anyone want to do this? John KK9A Actually, it's a know fact that _some_ operators change their check to try and thwart the "appliance contesters" out there. :-) 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN ____
I made over 1500 QSOs last weekend and I did my best to log everything that was sent. Between the QRM, both intentional and unintentional, tiredness and distraction of using a second radio I am sure
I find six nine instead of sixty-nine much easier to accurately copy on SSB and best of all it is less syllables. John KK9A To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: [CQ-Contest] Prefills in SS Exchange
Do not underestimate what can be done with a single radio. Many stations use a single radio and have won their category. John KK9A - P40A I think SO2R and SO1R should be in different classes. I admir
If I understand K5ZD's statement regarding the WRTC2018 "Assisted scores are compared against Unassisted" both categories are grouped together. I have operated Assisted and Unassisted and I can see t
If the CW is too fast I am wondering how you know the station's callsign when you answered their CQ. If you need to hear the report again you can always ask but many times you already know it from li
Carl passed away at 3:30 this morning in his sleep just two days shy of his 75th birthday. He was a great down to earth guy who will be sorely missed. K3LP has some recent pictures on http://www.k3lp
It is frustrating to call a station only to have him abruptly send "QSO B4" and then call CQ again without giving you a chance to respond. Now your choices are to just move on or try again and have a
I wish that someone could teach this to the RTTY guys. It is not uncommon to hear a station send my callsign several times during a QSO while I am running. John KK9A I can think of only one instance
The AY Technologies http://www.aytechnologies.com/ RAS-12 has momentary push button switches for each radio and it has eight ports. It also has a built-in preamp. This is a great product and it is ve
Both of these devices are for receive antennas only and you should still use bandpass filters with them in a multi-transmitter environment. When running HP, I typically just short the RX antenna when
It is even more unfortunate that Heil is no longer manufacturing the HC-4 element. John KK9A Some of you may be still using Azden's HS-03 boom mic/headset. I remember that John Devoldere, ON4UN, ment