The RTTY roundup is always the first weekend in January after New Year's Day. So sometimes it might not conflict with NAQP CW. The reason that there was RTTY down at .035 is that there are typically
I am not Tree or Fred, but ABSOLUTELY not. That sort of behavior is completely against the letter and spirit of the FCC regs AND the letter and spirit of the contest rules. It amazes me that some peo
You bring up a good point, James. The good ops will find a spot to operate in without having to clobber anyone. The good ops will also be courteous. Obviously, if I am calling CQ ad infinitum and no
Hi all, A few months ago when one of the "last 2" conversations came up on cq-contest, I asked why it was so bad. Many people responded and helped me see just why it is. Well, this weekend, I experie
Well, I agree with you. And if I don't hear the guy correctly, I will not give my report until I DO get his full call. If in heavy QRM conditions, when I am running a frequency, I end up hearing just
I don't agree. If you put your full call out there there are many things that can happen: The first couple letters you say may be buried in QRM, the last couple may not be or vice versa. Actually, th
I'll agree with that one, completely, Bill. I would try to give my call every other or every third QSO. Sometimes folks would ask. I would then give it in my exchange to the station I was currently w
Could it be that the DX station didn't hear your call? If he heard your call, he'll work you. Might he hear someone else's? Sure. That's where patience comes in. But if he hears you well enough on tw
As far as I know the rules have always stated this: That in the Tri-bander/Single/Wire element class you must only have the following: 1.) A single tri-bander with a single feedline for 10,15 and 20
As a holder of an "AE" call sign for the SSB WPX contest, let me tell you what I did. First: For me to be logged as KE9NA/AE is not necessarily accurate all the time. The AE is NOT my prefix. If I wo
to big much antennas Correct, Mauri, The beauty of the TS category is that it allows those of us with "standard" antenna configurations to compete against each other. Not everyone of us can afford t
Even some "tri-banders" don't qualify. I belive Force-12 makes a tri-bander that has the capability of being fed with either one or three feedlines. In the one feedline configuration, it meets the r
I think we are reading too much into the rules and technical operations of the antennas. The rules are quite simple: 1.) The antenna on 10,15 and 20 meters must be either a tri-band sort of beam or
Ah, but there is a twist here. If my dipole works (which it does) on 80,40,30,17, and 12 meters, only ONE element is really active per band. When I operate on 40 meters, the 80 meter portion is trap
Igor, The rules CLEARLY state a SINGLE Tri-bander. A stacked Tri-bander has added gain over a single one. 73, Jon NA9D -- Jon Ogden NA9D Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA http://www.qsl.net/ke9na "A lif
Agreed. I don't know of any who landed in the top 5 who "cheated." Take a look at the scores and station descriptions. Look up the web pages of the top finishers. 73, Jon NA9D (ex: KE9NA) -- Jon Ogde
Hi all, My logging program and I are in an argument over some prefixes from the WPX contest a few weeks back. My questions seem to revolve around portable operations. I ask here because I cannot dete
It sounds good. Unfortunatley, some of us are Macintosh afficiandos. I don't think a Mac version is available yet. 73, Jon KE9NA -- Jon Ogden jono@enteract.com www.qsl.net/ke9na "A life lived in fea
OK folks, Thanks for all the answers to my previous WPX rules post. I have one more for you: My very last contact was a guy who signed as WH6L/5. According to the rules, a WH6 station operating on th
Claudio, I have an FT-1000 and LOVE it. It is a terrific rig and has excellent RX and filtering capabilities. In addition, the 200 Watt power output is really nice. Some contests have low power at u