A couple of years ago I was surprised to see that "I" had spotted a station during the WAE. I didn't do it - somone else was using my call. Several other people I know appeared to have spotted the sa
Bill Fisher suggested emailing the following "slugs" regarding packet use in contests: Close inspection of this list reveals that these are the members of the CQWW Contest Committee. And we slugs can
WX3M asked: There are probably lots of general-purpose logging programs that will do this, by impoorting the CT/NA/TR/WL log info and converting it. In my current mid-ham-radio-life-crisis VHF operat
Since someone raised the issue, you can find the entire Unofficial WRTC2002 Songbook at http://www.wrtc2002.org/songs/songs.htm If you are too young to remember some of the vintage Beatles tunes, you
Bill's comments about USB vs .LSB are correct, but actually 97.307 relates to spurious emissions like harmonics, images, parasitic oscillations, etc. Signal bandwidth, which is more relevant for this
In my opinion, a good antenna makes almost any radio a good contest radio. Spend your money now putting up the biggest baddest antenna you can, even if you have to compromise on the radio for a whil
W2UP advised NP3D, will be operating in NY: And thus, even before the contest starts, Barry has 2 busted calls in the log and a negative score! Hope he doesn't spot them on packet... 73, Doug W1/K1DG
Actually...they don't ALWAYS sign! But they do it often enough for the situation that it seems like they do. Nobody ever needs to ask them who they are. These guys (and the other top guys) know how o
I tried that once, in 1996 on CW. I got to "N-1", needing only Nebraska, = in a few short periods of operating. Sunday late afternoon, I figured 20 = was the best band for NE at that time of day, an
I will be attending a conference in Cannes, France next month (Feb 20-23...the week after ARRL CW), and would be happy to meet any contesters in the area. I know...Cannes is tough duty, but someone's
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Recently Rob, MW5EPA asked about: I know this answer. 457 QSOs - N5TJ operating at P40L in CQWW SSB. The = record for humans (and those without N5RZ yelling at them to go faster) = is lower. There ha
I have been informed of two more insanely big ham antennas: from N7NG: The OH8OS 20M array 6-6 over 6-6 over 6-6 probably beats KC1XX's 32 on ten for most HF elements. I think the highest 6-6 was 180
Interesting thread, but really nothing new here. People have been fighting over frequency ownership since Marconi's days. = Turns out his spark gap rigs and crude receivers prevented more than one =
I have a few invited speakers for the Contest Forum that need rooms. If anyone out there has a room reserved that they will not be using, = preferably at the Crowne Plaza, please let me know ASAP. Th
Announcing: The 42nd Annual Poisson d'Avril Contest Starts: 0001 Sunday, April 1, 2001 Ends: 2359 Sunday, April 1, 2001 I. Contest Period: Only 36 hours of the 24 hour contest period permitted for Si
etc., etc., etc. Absolutely! If the rules were easy to understand, we'd have nothing to write about on the contest reflector between contests. And remember, this is just a hobby. 73, Doug K1DG Le Plu
KB2XZ (one of the PJ9B guys, now SK) once proposed that all the hams in the world should transmit a message of peace aimed at extraterrestrials precisely at 0000Z on each contest weekend, just before
Here is the Contest Forum Program for Dayton. The Fourm will be held Saturday afternoon, 2-5 PM in Room 4 (yes, Dorothy, we are back in Hara this year...there's no place like home!). "WRTC 2000 - The
Need a ride from Dayton to Cincinnati airport after the Contest Dinner next Saturday night (thank you, striking Comair pilots...). Anyone with a car headed that way? If anyone else is in the same pre