Dennis McAlpine: "I had him do two different QSLs; one was a full color photo on the front with QSO info and data on the back and the other was a simple two-color QSL for responding to buro QSLs." Pe
Robert Chudek wrote: "After looking at the suggested exchanges the 5th time, the only thing I would change is the proper phonetic for the letter K. It's kilo, not kilowatt." Hmmmmmmmm...If using kilo
Jim Cain, Kilo One Tango November wrote: "Why is it that some contesters, mostly engineers, scientists, mathematicians, number crunchers -- who by definition are obsessed by details -- can't get this
Stan Stockton wrote: "The only way I can think of to prevent full automation in CW Contesting is to have a rule against using a computer or machine to copy code." Even though I don't really "have a d
"Robert Shohet wrote: "After winning the US for the 80 meter contest, I was disappointed not to receive my certificate." I'm looking at my 1984, 75 meter, certificate. C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW ___________
Steve London wrote: "Yeah...change the ARRL RTTY Roundup to ARRL RTTY SS. Makes good sense" I'm sure that if the folks that started ARRL RTTY Roundup, would have wanted a "copy" of SS, they would hav
Announcing the 2008 Dayton RTTY Forum. After several years of a "less than favorable" time slot, I'm pleased to announce: RTTY Forum 1230-1330 Saturday, May 17, 2008 in Room 2 Speakers will be Ed, W0
n6tj@sbcglobal.net wrote: "If I respond to W4TV's call @ 50 wpm, should Joe ever decide to participate in a contest that is," Jim, please, please make sure that you allow the "masses" to know that th
"Has anyone else noticed that the 2009 ARRL DX CW Contest and the 2009 CQWW 160M SSB Contest are on the same weekend? Plus the NAQP RTTY is that weekend too." According to WA7BNM contest calendar, AR
"The award itself sounds interesting, but the LoTW requirement makes it even more interesting." No problem, I'm already there! C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Jeff KU8E wrote: "Why not just publish all the ARRL contest results in the NCJ ?" Or...publish the entire year, of ARRL contest results, in a separate issue, similar to the DXCC yearbook? As I have o
Robert K5PI wrote: "I find that it often takes a couple of minutes for someone to QSY, presumably because their station isn't as automated as mine." Very good presumption! Now if all y'all "more auto
Mark Beckwith wrote: "Personally I prefer more rules than less, competitor-wide expectations should ideally be clear in writing so you know what you were getting in to before jumping in." Personally,
David Pruett wrote: "From the "smoke filled room" in Louisville, KY in Octobert 1985" With "first hand" knowledge..."a good time was had by all"! C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW _________________________________
Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote: "Work RTTY contests to learn SO2R skills. In RTTY, the computer is doing the brain work and the QSOs have a fairly consistent timing and pattern. This frees you to practice
Julius Fazekas wrote: "when both N2WM and N2WK are playing in the same event" Or K3WW, K5WW and I, are also in the same event. I'm well on my way to "never worked, but having confirmed", 160 meter DX
Steve London asked: "when is a deadline a deadline ?" IMHO, as long as the deadline is a part of the rules, it deserves the same enforcement, as the rest of the rules? C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW ___________
Doug KR2Q wrote: "That being said, it is my opinion that the vast majority (the overwhelmingly vast majority) of entrants are not LOG cheats (let's skip power)." If anything is "skipped", that is a p
David Kopacz wrote: "In a CW contest, sending "DX ONLY PSE" or "US ONLY PSE" is not rude. On the other hand, it is quite rude for the same station to continue calling after hearing that message." Per