I know all kinds of people who have decided, from time to time, not to work people from certain countries. It's almost always an absurd position to take, since amateurs do not necessarily represent t
Dr. Bafoofnik's treatise on quantum gripe electrodynamics contains extremely significant analysis which greatly advances gripe theory. There's also to be considered the concept of inverse gripe condu
A few miscellaneous comments regarding callsigns (none of this is directed at Andrei, since nothing he proposed doing would have broken any rules): As N1ND pointed out, the ARRL DX contest rules requ
I disagree with K3LR. There are already too many ways to bombard us involuntarily with commercial advertisements. The AlfaSpid Rotator people should apologize to the reflector users, make a donation
To my esteemed fellow participants on the Contest Reflector: (I write this from the standpoint of one with considerable experience in serving on boards of membership organizations, and not necessaril
Another aspect of both CW and SSB is that a sufficiently skilled operator can copy more than one signal at a time. I'm not aware of a "new digital mode" that supports this "feature". Of course if you
Don Miller, W9WNV has been paroled from prison in California: http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories/local/1027736792.shtml Thanks to NA2M for the link. Rich, K2WR -- StripMime Report -- processed
Check out the ARRL web site for a picture of a grinning W5OV (ex-WA2OVE) in connection with a story about NN3SI temporarily going QRT while the museum is renovated (makes no sense to me: we could hav
I first met Phil N6ZZ about 15 years ago at the home of Nigel, G3TXF, when we both happened to show up for a visit at the same time. Since then I worked Phil dozens of times, usually in CQWW, often a
Would anyone flying into Fresno around 4:30 p.m. on April 26 on the way to Visalia like a ride to Visalia in my rental car? You would have to/ get to/ drive the car back to Fresno on Sunday, April 29
I've come up with Plan B for Visalia so my offer is now a request: If anyone arriving in Fresno on the way to Visalia around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday April 26 can give ME a ride to Visalia, I'll then be
Those of us who travel internationally have to worry about having the right plug adapters for where we are going, without lugging around large varieties of such adapters to cover all possible combina
Carol: I certainly agree with the previous commenters who suggested you avoid changing such a low amount (or, for that matter, any amount) at a bank due to the high fees. Also, Andrei is probably cor
Maybe that's why I went into engineering. It's amazing what fatigue can do. But I'd still buy the 5 note for $6.50. (For the people following this exchange and trying to find in the character table,
Here are the sad details of Tom, K2TA's motorcycle accident yesterday, from the local newspaper's website: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NEWS/710160351 Although we w
I sit on a rock. This time zone foreign to me I think that is North. There are no sunspots. But the signals still arrive. Thus propagation. We await all year October's final weekend. Perhaps we are n
It's Zero Zulu. My amplifier may work. If Murphy says so. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinf
1. I'm confused about sunspots and packet spots. What is the difference? 2. Which ones have an 11-year cycle? 3. Why is it cheating if you use packet spots, but not if you use sunspots? 4. Do packet