I get very excited when someone, be it on CW, Phone or RTTY comes back to my calls and sends "Worked Before"... Well, If he would be in my log, I would not call him! I know this has been discussed be
It is obvious that one should NEVER remove dupes from the log. The program will give zero points, which is all that has to be done! This is stupid, unfair and unsportmanslike. If both QSO's are in th
Why do we bring up this issue over and over again. I KNOW for a fact that most station do appreciate getting cards, especially if it is a nice color card. I send out cards for each contest QSO. Many
The OT8T story in the 160 Phone contest For the first time in 11 years, I had not taken (seriously) part in the cW contest, for reason of theQRM created by a chemical plant in the neigborhood. As the
OT8T in the 1998 ARRL SSB CONTEST on 80 m. ARRL had said we could do single bands again using a single call, but that they will change the rules next year. I don't understand why though. You can work
Interesting... For the first time in the ARRL CW contest we planned to do two monoband jobs from the same station, my station. Two different operators:DL2CC operating 40, and ON4WW operating 80. It w
Dear Fellow Low Band Contesters. I am making progress with the new version of the LOW BAND DX-ing book. That's why you don't hear me on the air. No WPX contest this weekend, I am afraid. Some months
THE 1997 CQ WW 160 M SSB CONTEST This year, Marc, ON4MA was going to operate. I realised, that after two excellent years, it was going to be difficult to do better. I already knew two reasons. First
Hi there contesters. I will be opparting the CW fieldday with my local club this weekend (Sat 15:00z to Sunday 15:00z). Our call is ON6MS/P and we will be acytive on 40, 80 and 160 (only). I will be
Hello Fellow Contesters, I have two FT1000MP's that are set up in my contest station. Last weekend we did the CQ WW RTTY contest (Single op assisted, two radios) using the latest (3.1) version of WF1
Hello Fellow Contesters, A few days ago I sent out a message telling about the problems I had trying to make my FT000MP's talk "decently" to CT and RTTY (WF1B). I had a friend bring over a late model
Hello Fellow Contesters, After another day of testing of the contest set-ups with both CT (ver 9.27) and RTTY, one of my FT1000MPs again refused to talk to the computer, just like last week. It was t
Hello there fellow RTTY-ers and contesters... Has anyone tried to operate RTTYRITE with an FT1000MP? I cannot make it to work. It polls the rig OK (the CAT light flashes), but that's all. I tried dif
We (ON4UN / OT7T) QSL every single contact of every single contest with a beautiful color QSL card via the bureau. That makes approx. 15,000 cards every year. Fortunately we found a sponsor, hi. And
If at both ends, the guys send the cards to their bureaus, and IF the bureaus work well (that means send out cards to the other IARU bureaus once a month, like the major bureaus seem to do) than you
Bruce: I said I love sending cards and receiving cards as well. I am NOT requesting cards in return for those I send. The label neither the cards sayd "PSE QSL". If the recipioent want to send one, f
Hello fellow contesters, Just got back in the hosue after a few more hours of my favorite autumn sport: mud plowing and Beverage erecting. Mission accomplished, all 12 are up. Maybe from now on, I'll
Hello fellow contesters, One thing we must say, the ARRL contest awrads seem to be always on time. Just received those for the 1997 SARRL CW and Phone contest. The same ecannot be said for plauqes co
Hello friends contesters, A friend, member of our local radio / contest club, brought along K6STI's (version 2) RTTY program to try and see if we could use it on our contest site in the future. We (t