Let me join the kudos chorus -- AWESOME job guys!! The new coverage in QST could even make contesting appear respectable to the uninformed. :-) Also, the Rate Sheet now has 16,000 subscribers. Hats o
Because the SO2R operator (or SO1R operator, for that matter) has to TUNE the band and use his BRAIN and EARS to IDENTIFY signals on the air. Is this really that difficult to grasp? Does ANYONE still
Band scopes show the presence of signals. They do not IDENTIFY signals. The skimmer (or skimmerS!) can actually IDENTIFY signals (just like RTTY or other digital modes.) Not only that, but wideband s
Thanks to the moderators for allowing this cross-post to two different reflectors. I know that lots of contest operators still use the IC-781 radios. I first posted a message to the Icom list regardi
Thanks to W1WEF, N2IC, N2NT, VR2AX, AA4NU, WW4LL, K5TR, W6OPO, K6XX, KL7RA, and K0EJ who responded to my question. The consensus is that there are two things which are contributing to the symptom tha
Room mate wanted for the Dayton Hamvention at the Crowne Plaza hotel downtown. This is the hotel where Contest University will be held. I'm going to be up there FIVE nights: TUE-WED-THU-FRI-SAT, and
The Dayton bed has been spoken for. Thanks for all of the inquiries. C U in May. 73 -Kirk K4RO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:/
Next Saturday is the NCJ-sponsored CW North American QSO Party. The Tennessee Contest Group would like to invite contesters from all over to join a TCG team and experience the fun of team contesting.
Try this link Bob. Glad you tried out the Sprint -- excellent. http://n6tr.jzap.com/sprint.html 73 -Kirk K4RO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
I could not agree more with the subject line. I remember about 5-6 years ago, several M/2 stations tried to convince each other to operate the contest without packet. There was one hold out. The reas
Hey Dick, Did you try LOGCONV? It worked for me back when I was trying to conver some older computer logs. No commercial interest; it just worked for me. http://www.ka5wss.com/Software/LogConv/ 73 -K
I second that emotion. I cannot make it to Dayton this year, and I will really miss seeing many of my old and new friends. I understand a certain amount of "must be present to play" especially for Co
I believe that this is a very unfortunate rule change, mainly for the reasons that N2NL already laid out. The NAQP is now also a WRTC 2014 qualifying event. Single operators now have to compete again
It's time to register teams for the upcoming NAQP CW contest. The contest is Saturday January 8, and runs from 1800-0600z, with two hours of off time for the single operator. There are no geographica
I was part of that W4AN operation. It was ARRL DX CW 2002. The team was W4AN, K4BAI, K9AY, W8JI and K4RO. The way that I remember it, was that a big M/2 station in Virginia (now long gone) was the lo
Looking for a room at the Crowne with two beds. If you can help out, please drop me a line. Thanks. 73, Kirk K4RO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
It's time to register teams for the upcoming NAQP CW contest. The contest is Saturday August 6, and runs from 1800-0600z, with two hours of off time for the single operator. There are no geographical
The NCJ web site has been updated with the most recent version of NAQP the rules, thanks to WA7BNM. Please re-load the web page if you are still seeing an older version on your web browser. Complete
It was W5ASP. I used this setup for years. Here ya go: http://www.qsl.net/w5asp/2RXAUDIO.htm 73, Kirk K4RO _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin