Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:23:27 -0800
I've mostly heard the contest described as a "rate contest" rather than a "run contest". If there's some point in time where your rate doing S&P will be higher than your rate calling CQ, then it is b
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:43:27 -0800
I would suggest that two stations coordinating that closely together for the benefit of a single score constitutes a single "contest operation" using multiple operators, multiple call signs, and mult
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:55:33 -0800
Exactly. I don't understand why people think it's fair that a true single-station, single-operator should be competing against what amounts to a multi-station team. To me, having a buddy hold your fr
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:43:05 -0800
Oliver, The short answer is that contacts with aeronautical mobile contact probably do not count for contest credit in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. The original 1973 contest rules allowed for contacts
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:13:22 -0800
I guess there are three possible explanations for that graph: (a) Contesters' preferences for mode change as they age. (b) Contesters' preference for mode does not change over time, but the popularit
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:45:01 -0800
ARRL members can read these online: "W9WNV Sues ARRL". May, 1968, p. 81. http://p1k.arrl.org/cgi-bin/topdf.cgi?id=55698&pub=qst "League Lines". August, 1968, p. 10, paragraphs 3 and 5. http://p1k.arr
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:00:53 -0800
Am I the only one who has had trouble emailing in my NAQP log? Content-Description: Notification Content-Description: Delivery report -- End forwarded message -- -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@k
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:47:48 -0800
I am going to be in/near London on the weekend of ARRL DX SSB. Any contesters have a chair available for operating that weekend? -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:04:17 -0800
I notice a couple of discrepancies between the online rules for the ARRL Rookie Roundup and the contest announcement in Sean KX9X's column in March QST (p. 77). Eligibility: Print: licensed 2 years o
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:02:24 -0800
It looks like the file on the web site changed about half an hour after I made my post to the list :-) http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2010/rr.html The web site still says "licensed for three year
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:05:02 -0800
I see the same thing. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com htt
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:07:44 -0700
Most of the recommendations so far have been footswitches with the pivot away from the line cord. I'm probably in the minority in that I prefer the pivot to be near the line cord. In fact, this is my
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:25:36 -0700
Most hotel chains now offer rooms at a slightly lower "advanced purchase" price. When you choose advanced purchase, your credit card is billed immediately, and you are not entitled to a refund if you
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:16:52 -0700
There's a fourth possibility. At the top of each clock hour (or maybe every other clock hour), every WRTC team must change call signs (which of course are pre-determined by random draw and given to t
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:37:20 -0700
It would be useful to have the SSB v. CW QSO breakdowns by team as well. I suspect R33M spent a lot more time on CW than R33A did. I love seeing data like this! -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@ke
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:24:19 -0700
I just tried to submit my August NAQP Phone log to ssbnaqp@ncjweb.com, and I get a bounce message saying that the mail address does not exist. I had the same problem in January trying to submit my lo
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:25:12 -0700
But, it does tell you more than a band scope. If it's been decoded as a CW signalbut just anonymized, then you at least know it's not RTTY or SSB, which might be useful information in certain segment
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:03:47 -0800
The records for the ARRL 10 Meter Contest have been missing from the ARRL web site since the site upgrade back in April. Since the contest is coming up soon, I've put them on my own web site for anyo
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:43:18 -0800
The ARRL 10 Meter Contest is just two weekends away. There are some major rules changes for the contest this year. For the first time, the 32 states of Mexico will count as multipliers. What can you
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:27:52 -0800
I will be in Miami, W4 later this week on business. Any contesters in the area want to get together for a beer or dinner Thursday or Friday night? Email me off-list. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenhark