It would be a mistake to NOT highlight behaviour which goes against the rules, do NOT go into a hole, Scott - although I agree rulesa abuses certainly are more apparent on phone weekends! IF THEY BRO
Have you been to the Florida QSO Party web page recently? It is at: http://www.qsl.net/fqp On the opening page you will see a map of Florida with the 67 counties. Counties which are colored Green hav
IK4WMH suggests: I'd advise you to suggest the creation of one single entry where everything is permitted. ...this is like what N6TJ said a few years back....although at the time I believe it was in
WZ3AR You were looking for info about a rig....just in case you haven't been there: There is an excellent resource out there - the eHam site - sponsored by the same folks who bring you the cq-contest
The Florida QSO Party website has a picture of the state of Florida's counties. With a little over three weeks until the 2,001 running of FQP this map is all Orange, no Green in sight. What does that
"A golden opportunity existed when Dayton QSY'd to may for CQ to move WPX CW to Dayton's *old" weekend of the last weekend in April. I never heard the reason why WPX CW never moved - apparently the s
With many commitments from over 10 mobiles and numerous home stations look for this year's FQP to be a record turnout. It is hard to imagine more activity than last year but all indications are that
OKAY - okay.... Heah, I actually have used a lot LESS advertising of the FQP this year than in previous years, is it safe to assume all participants on the contest reflector will be on the air in the
...I just walked through the door, at last - my bed! Will have detailed breakdown info after I recover in a day or two, we covered 28 different counties in the Central and Northeastern part of FL...b
By county QSO breakdown - K4FCG/M - 28 Counties activated AGAIN - sorry we were such alligators. Someone suggested we do a poll of how loud the FL mobile stations were as a comparison test of mobile
N0FP while enthusiastic has missed a whole element of WHY e-QSLing may not be the solution to collecting cards. I just got done going to my bank yesterday to sign a bunch of forms - someone has gotte
...cannot answer that but most non-HF oriented district and least preferred calls available district is W4! 73, Jim, K4OJ -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative
...I have been laying in wait, it is interesting to see just how many talk about how it is unfair that certain operators have not been recognized, etc....the duty of nominating US operators passed to
HOWEVER...SINCE SS IS TO US LIKE WRTC WILL BE IN EUROPE! The US is a big place, Europe - with countries the size of US states - isn't IARU Radiosport where EU is king kinda like SS - how productive w
I am just waking up from a weekend of 40 over comradery - thanks to all my contesting friends! Without doubt this is an invigorating event which serves as a reminder for us of just how many contest a
As long as I have the same rules used on my log as N5TJ has used on his I am happy....he seems to being doing ok. I also do not seem to remember him complaining about his score changing too much in h
AA8U spoketh the following: "Speaking of mugs, have any of you ever thought they should use the EIA color code to determine the mug colors? I have. Like 2002 should be red, 2005 green etc. Anyone hav
Knowledgeable contesters...sorry for the bandwidth but I need to pick your brains: My local (Orlando) supplier for Cinch-Jones plugs is out of stock on 8 connector version - I need two sets preferabl
First off thanks to the many MANY people who responded to my urgent pleas for a source for Cinch Jones connectors... MANY suggestions were offered - the most popular being Digikey (probably 20 'hits'
...words of wisdom from a fellow Floridian, WD4AHZ! "The best ops should win ... not the one with the best gadgets." Right on! I do not know if manual coax switches are out and if that is considered