John, EXACTLY! There is absolutely nothing wrong with operating on a frequency that was clear when you got there. Deliberate QRM of a contest operator IS a violation of part 97.101. Unfortunately som
Jacob, Congratulations! Savor it! I still have my first certificate (Top Score Multiop in Kentucky in the ARRL 10 M test, 1990 w/KJ4VH now N4GN). It's hanging on the wall with my others in the den. I
Dick, Consider purchasing the PVRC Contest Seminar on DVD. It's excellent! You also might order a copy of James', 9V1YCs WRTC 2002 video. Then, have 'em over to the shack during the ARRL DX test or a
Hey, contesters "World Radio" magazine has asked me to edit a contesting column for their publication. I've tentatively accepted the offer as think it's good policy to promote contesting wherever pos
N4GN and I will be driving up...and will probably be driving my Cherokee...or a rental car.. Charlie is correct about the shuttle busses...hook up with a couple of others and split the cab fare. We'r
Bud, While I agree it would be nice to see the results in the mag, I went to the ARRL website and printed out the line score and my log checking report in less time than it probably took you to compo
Paul, SB-220. Clean it up, do the mods, invest in a good, new pair of 3-500s. Stiffen up the power supply as best you can. I have one here that's my radio number two standby...still crankin' out the
Contesters, I recently acquired a very clean FT1000D. Got a heck of a deal on it. Picked up the INRAD front end roofing filter kit from George at Dayton so I'm almost good to go. The only problem is
Tree makes an excellent point here. During Sunday's amazing 6m Es openings I worked a station in Denver who was 10 over and he was using a dipole mounted in his attic! He was 3 S units louder than th
A big "thank you" to K4WI, N3UA, WK6I, K4JRB, W4EF and K7VS for the insights regarding the FT1000 interface. Bob, NX5M suggested the K1NU cable which I think I'm gonna try. Andy, AE6Y offered some ve
Ted, When/If you find that information please share it. I've been putting new connectors on my DVP audio/PTT interface cables, eliminating the 8 pin jack on the "radio" end and replacing with mini an
Contesters! It's time to gather your thoughts for the next World Radio "Contest Corner" column. The topic this time around is "Why Contest?" I would also like to hear your input on how you believe co
Bob, Universal Radio (and probably R&L, AES, etc, etc) sell them. Check this link on the Universal Radio online catalog http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/parts/so2adapt.html You want their catal
Art, I admire your optimistic outlook. My observations on FD? My first exposure to contesting was operating FD back in the late 80's (I know it's an emergency preparedness exercise, not a contest!) a
The Dooper Snooper. Gotta love it. You've got to sort out the rules of the WAD, however. How about you can only work 100 stations, over and over and the contest is open ended...it never ends. Sort of
Contesters! I have two things to share... First off. I just ordered and received one of K1NU's Yaesu CAT cables for my recently acquired FT1000. I plugged it in, changed two lines in my TR Log LOGCFG
I sent mine to logs@wrtc2006.com However, according a message from W3UR, the "lottery" window for logs to the WRTC was 6 hours, not 2, or 1800UT. Sure hope it's 1800 because I just sent my log in at
Bob, As Dayton approached this year I was considering buying a Field. Then I woke up and realized that they're no longer available since Yaesu is now marketing the 2000. I had the good fortune to fin
I was just looking over the WRTC results and it struck me what excellent "performers" the members of the 46 teams truly are. It's incredible to realize that even the 46th place team made over 4,000 Q
Tonno, Yeah, I know, I know. I blew it. I pulled the WRTC summary sheet up about 3am as I was about to go to bed and was half asleep. Thanks for the explanation of the Most Accurate Log award. Howeve