say, wanted are appreciated Hello: The biggest problem this presents in New England, aside from not being able to find a run frequency because of all the splatter, is the European stations firing up
on up And, there's a way to make the Nel-Tech DVK work with the function keys on the keyboard. Easier than using those little buttons. I think it required another wire to the LPT port or something -
Hi Chuck: I had a number of these guys as well, and was happy to walk them through the exchange. So you created a new contester ! Very FB... Stu KC1F of walked notice ________________________________
QRL that With all great respect to my European friends, I think this is a LOT more common with EU ops than with USA. Calling CQ seems to be the EU equivalent of "?" or "QRL ?" by US ops on CW. Most
I think this is a really good thing. We work bunches of these guys from New England. I think they are able to pick their callsigns, which M3RAY confirmed for me. Some of them do seem a little unclea
Sorry - old thread, but I don't remember the EXACT year; and being obsessive, I won't be able to leave the house or go to work until I remember - was it 1980 that it was tried ? Thanks in advance...
Speaking of being sucked in... Saturday was very rainy here in NH, so I was curious what was involved to try to get a sweep. I needed 10 or so at halftime, so I printed out the map of the counties fr
I had the pleasure of operating at Ed's house in multi-multis from 1972-74, having been introduced by Carl K3RV. I was a 17 year old college freshman my first time there, and they let me do 10 meter
one My understanding is that NOBODY is penalized for callsigns that are simply unique, at least in CQWW and ARRL. The interest in uniques by log checkers is that most BAD callsigns are uniques, by v
I thought that was a song by The Tubes, with the last line being "and a baby's arm , holding an apple...". Going back to sleep now... Stu KC1F -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
Hi everyone: Allow me to throw a match onto this dying thread. I guess I'm in the minority on this one, and I'm willing to consider that my thinking is colored by the fact that I have a WPX-friendly
This is from the 425 DX bulletin: passing in I have 38 YU7SF contest qsos in my logging program just since 1990, and I'll bet there'd be twice as many as that counting YU1SF qsos going back to the ea
Anyone have some last minute help ? I leave for WRTC 2002 in 2 hours, at 2PM EDST. I can't remember if in WRTC 1996 they had T shirts, in addition to the cards and letter opener. I want to bring the
Hello: I just got back from WRTC as a referee, and 18 of us continued on to the post-contest excursion to St. Petersburg in Russia. Some of us spotted some BIG HF antennas on the roof of a several st
Hello everyone: I had several reponses to my question about the big HF station in St. Petersburg, Russia, near the "Kissing Bridge". For those who may be curious, here they are: - One vote for "a Fin
You should have made a tape ! Or a .WAV file, then email it to the League. Stu KC1F _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
I have no JA3YBB QSOs in my log, but I have 29 JJ3YBB QSOs... Stu KC1F QSL _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
Hello again my friend Art: Yes, we are tired of it, too. I don't understand why, when the rules (see below) explicitly say that you are zone 16, why you do not give zone 16 as your exchange. Sounds p