In view of the current discussion of geographic advantage/disadvantage in NAQP, maybe the teams should be spread geographically. Perhaps one team member from call areas 1&2, one from 3&4, etc. That s
I've heard these allegations before and there is something I've always wondered about: Even if some kind of illegal high power transmitter was used to achieve signals that were 40 or 30 or however ma
Assuming that the stated ~1% is the growth in the total number of US licensed hams, what was it in the year(s) before the reduction of the CW speed requirement? (My high school physics teacher, Peewe
Thanks for the link Dale, that's just what I was looking for. This site shows that from April 2000 to April 2001, the total number of Expert, Advanced and General class licensees has increased from 3
Hi Bill, Yes, large solar flares can cause radio blackouts. However, C-class flares are not large enough to cause blackouts. It takes a large M-class or an X-class flare to cause such blackouts. Yest
I agree 100%. Here I must disagree. We should not be selecting "our team" or "our representatives", we should be selecting the best contesters in the world. This is not a contest among nations or reg
Wasn't the Tribander/Single Element class created to encourage hams with an average station to participate in the WPX Contests by providing a class where they feel they can be competitive? How many h
I started NAQP a few minutes late yesterday and S&Ped up the band looking for a place to CQ. I found a quiet spot and asked twice if the frequency was in use with no response. I started CQing and had
I am a very small pistol running 100 watts into single element antennas, none of which is higher than 40 feet. In WNY in a valley. Last year in Phone SS (my 5th) I managed a clean sweep, confirmed by
Good evening, I played in NAQP for a while Saturday and, for the first time, tried moving needed multipliers to other bands. I often found that the frequency (and nearby frequencies) I had preselecte
There were only three contesters who took the time to share their strategies for moving multipliers in NAQP, Thanks to KI7Y, K1VUT and N6RT. Here's a summary of their comments: 1. Pick a frequency hi
Thanks for the sanity check. Now, if someone involved with the log checking process could tell us what there is about the current exchange that makes log checking difficult we could begin to have a m
I received the message that follows my comments from Bill Kennamer and post it here with his permission. IMHO, if accurate and thorough log checking is a good thing for contesting and a portion of th
I am a very small pistol running 100 watts into single element antennas, none of which is higher than 40 feet. In WNY in a valley. Last year in Phone SS (my 5th) I managed a clean sweep, confirmed by
Good evening, I played in NAQP for a while Saturday and, for the first time, tried moving needed multipliers to other bands. I often found that the frequency (and nearby frequencies) I had preselecte
There were only three contesters who took the time to share their strategies for moving multipliers in NAQP, Thanks to KI7Y, K1VUT and N6RT. Here's a summary of their comments: 1. Pick a frequency hi
Thanks for the sanity check. Now, if someone involved with the log checking process could tell us what there is about the current exchange that makes log checking difficult we could begin to have a m
I received the message that follows my comments from Bill Kennamer and post it here with his permission. IMHO, if accurate and thorough log checking is a good thing for contesting and a portion of th
I became licensed as a novice in 1960. Updated to technician before the novice expired but let it lapse after the five year term. Became licensed again in 1994. What year should I use? To paraphrase