NCCC Team #1 573,512 SWACC #1 492,012 AOCC OUTLAWS 482,544 SMC Faraday 383,259 NCCC Team Sierra Foothills-1 338,138 SMC Coulomb 336,558 NCCC Team #2 329,490 GM High Country RTTYtypers 315,974 Deep Di
It helps to be loud, so you can be heard over the din of callers. Use automated messages as much as possible - including the CQ, "59 Charlie Tango", and "thank you K2 Delta." This will keep your ops
So I live in Yuma, AZ, one of the hottest places in the U.S. The shack is in a small spare bedroom, about 9X12 feet. The house has 5 tons of central air conditioning, but the thermal time constant
I liken the RBN to a broker between buyers and sellers. The broker finds buyers (S&P'ers) for the sellers (CQ'ers). The efficiency of the market is drastically improved for both. CQ'ers are happy
Right now 20 Meter CW is pretty jammed with FOC and MNQP activity. It's going to be quite a circus when the Sprint, with its QSY rule, starts at 2300Z. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ _______________
I also used WSJT-X for the contest. After the contest, I opened a new ARRL-DIGI log in N1MM Logger and imported the ADI. Then do N1MM/tools/rescore current contest, and it will do all the distance
When I was in high school, our family was pretty strapped financially. After I got my license, I remember my dad putting my received QSL cards in his shoes to cover the holes in his soles. He liked
A couple of Sprint hints: 1. If you hear two call signs in a row, the first one will inherit the frequency. e.g. N4ZZ K6LL - N4ZZ will inherit and K6LL will vacate. 2. If you are about to vacate th
Because spots persist on the bandmap for 10 minutes, or whatever time the user chooses. I think CW Skimmers repeat spots every 10 minutes. I think the 10 minute interval chosen by N1MM is appropriat
Hi Pete, I'm in pretty much the same situation as you. I'm 79.5 years old, and my interest in ham radio is fading a bit. There are a lot of other things that I like to do, and I don't feel like I w
Recent changes to ARRL Contest rules allow self-spotting in all categories, including Unassisted Categories. https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Contesting/message/1499 Only Assisted Classes may USE spott
Bring a rubber mallet to Field Day so you can smack the filters when the relays get intermittent on receive. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ On 3/9/2023 7:00 AM, AB2E Darrell wrote: Hi Jim, Thanks fo
Self-spotting is allowed in all ARRL contests. https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Contesting/message/1499 Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ Good Morning All I have read the rules a coup
If the CQ'ing station misses the exchange, all he has to do is LISTEN. The inheriting station is going to send it all again to the next guy. Decrement # by 1. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ On 2/6
I use KZ7X (RTTY/SSB) and WK7S (CW). I think they are both totally unique mults. It's hard to quantify any increase in score, but I do find that callers tend to stick around and try again if they d
Don't rely on spots for the call sign, especially on SSB. On CW or RTTY, if you connect to cluster node using CC-Cluster software, you will rarely see a bad spot. With CC-Cluster, you can pretty mu
Here's an interesting tidbit. I was the person responsible for getting "and then only if the second call sign is used by a different operator" added to the rule. Back in about 1976, I operated at f
I'm sorry to hear about Ralph. We've had 292 contest QSO's since 1990, and he was always loud here. RIP OM. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ Another great contester and DXer lost 73. Craig K9CT ____