Steve, K0SR, suggested: As an ARRL member I choose to receive NCJ instead of QST. 99 % of the content of QST is of no interest to me. On the other hand, 99% of NCJ is of great interest to me." I trie
Bill Coleman wrote: "Back in the days of paper logs, it was not uncommon for someone to rewrite the log sheets in order to make the log entries readable and presentable for submission." I will agree
sawyered@earthlink.net wrote: "One of these days, I am going to get on RTTY just to respond to these "idiots" and surprise the hell out of the when I say "get off the frequency. QRL". And then go bac
Steve Harrison wrote: "I agree; when state QSO Parties began reducing their possible operating periods like that, I lost a lot of interest in them." Which, IMHO, is what makes the different contests,
Andrei Stchislenok wrote: "LoTW is a good thing." As I sit here, actually dreading to start processing another of my, quarterly, 4 pounds of cards, from the bureau, I wonder: "if LoTW is such a "good
Alan Braun asked: "I wonder if you wouldn't be getting 30 or 40 pounds of cards if not for LOTW?" For clarification: My point has absolutely nothing to do with whether, or not, LoTW is a "good thing"
David Pruett wrote: "nobody would be complaining (well, nobody except K4WW)." Complain = to express grief, pain, or discontent Conviction = a strong persuasion or belief Dave....I'm very disappointed
Jim Smith wrote: "What do you think of the idea of sending an e-mail to the holder of the call with the info as to what happened, when, freq, etc and ask him if he approves of this style of operation
Leigh S. Jones, KR6X wrote: "aw, never mind. No one is listening." I suspect "someone" is listening? My approach to "gray area" operating is: "if I have to question myself about it being right or wro
Ken Adams K5KA wrote: "The rules say to send the year of your first license and that is a good practice." Not only is it good "practice", it's following the rules, which I, possibly erroneously, thou
Jon Kimball, KL2A wrote: "I traveled to the middle east set to do SO2R, then realized suddenly I didn't have all the filtering needed to make it work properly. I finally got it! Now I know exactly wh
Jim, N6TJ suggested: "there should be a penalty" I agree, with one exception...if a station is DQ'ed, for cheating, the penalty should be: "they are barred for life? Not only the contest, from which
"Of course, if there are less participants, there will be less cheating!" Although I've never considered myself a "serious" contender, I do take a very serious approach to contesting, and following t
"Robot problems?" It would be simpler, to correct, if the "missing some critical information" was defined? C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
K0SR asked: "What's with the LDC's (long delayed responses)? Some guys wait 15 or 20 seconds before answering your CQ. Why?" Simple, and logical answer! SO2R C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW _____________________
Guys/Gals...thanks for being on RTTY, and rather than being "part of the problem", I will offer some suggestions. 1) Visit http://rttycontesting.com/tutorials/tutorials.htm although it's directed to
Gerry Hull wrote: "Thanks again to all of those supporting the site and getting enjoyment out of this new faucet of contesting!" Sound as if the "faucet" may have developed a leak? :))) C'Ya, Shelby
"Exchange: Operator name and station location (state, province or country) for North American stations; operator name only for non-North American stations. If the name sent is changed during the con
Art Boyars wrote: "I was calling CQ and got the beginning of a response when K1DG called in, louder and faster." IMHO, the main reason, for stations answering a CQ, to adjust their speed to the stati
Dennis Vernacchia wrote: "A TS-950SDX is no slouch of a rig and Kenwood's last rig before putting out a bunch of inferior rigs like the TS-2000 and TS-870" I've never owned a TS-950DX, so I can't com