W0MU wrote: "Getting the elusive sweep in SS a big part of the fun and the strategy." This just isn't true! According to the rules: "Clean Sweep Coffee Mugs - 2013 Info, Mug awards are based on claim
K1TN wrote: "Want to increase contest interest and participation?" Please understand that this is not an attempt at "stirring the pot", just my personal observation! I have great admiration for the e
XV4Y (Yan) wrote: "They are BIG-GUNS and they have the power to control the time, your time more precisely." No one, on this earth, has the power to control the time of any one! There are some that h
Tor, N4OGW asked: "Why do people waste years learning how to do SO2R? :)" I clearly do not have an answer, but I can say that I haven't wasted one second, much less any years, learning SO2R! Nor do I
Joe WB9SBD wrote: "It is very obvious that the influx of all the No-Coders don't do CW since since 81 there is little activity." Two things come to my mind: 1. It has been made clear that ARRL has no
W7VO wrote: "Earning a SS mug is done by working all of the possible sections in the contest. Only about 20% of entrants earn them, and I know that I have earned mine only through hard work in the co
I've followed this thread with some interest, and until today, it had never happened to me. Today, I received, via email, the following: "I write you because, after my electronic log was broken, I ca
N2IC wrote: "For a casual guy who shows up on Saturday night just to work a few Europeans, it's very frustrating to wait out the big boys exchanging QTC's." Which is precisely the reason the reason i
"4W/K1YC (9V1YC)" I hope y'all just made a typo, as 9V1YC is N1YC! C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW Since I don't have an iPad or iPhone, sent from my PC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
KL7SB wrote: " I think most of us run somewhere between 28-38 wpm" Even though I fall in the category that "passed the code", and have no interest in reviving that discussion, I find that 25 WPM, or
KE0L wrote: "I do feel that a SO1R class would be good." Which is exactly what I proposed, and was ridiculed beyond description, in 2006! C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW Since I don't have an iPad or iPhone, sen
Rudy, with all due respect, IMHO making the exchange more difficult only discourages the "casual" participants, especially those that will send in a log? Those that don't send in their log, couldn't
RM2D (SM6LRR) wrote: "I like to be able to look fellow competitors in their eyes, and see honesty from their faces when I meet them at competitions. If my conscience was not 100% clean, how could I p
W0MU wrote: "I am glad that someone found me and wanted to work me." My sentiments, exactly. In 160 meter contests, I rely on the receiving ability of other stations, as I don't have the room for eff