If I find a clear freq and call CQ and start running, its mine. No one is going to bully me off the freq (and I can be mighty stubborn, even for a W1!!). Conversely if I get no answers, and someone r
Most of the big boys are unassisted (ignoring multi ops). I want to compete again the best. I also enjoy unassisted A LOT and am sure that my skills are increasing much faster because of it. Yes, I d
Hmmm, then obviously you haven't seen the VL0LD QSLs from <http://www.eQSL.cc>www.eQSL.cc for six meters that are signed by Romeo! In its current incarnation it is quite insecure. I'm a security guy
Upon my return back from Dayton my wife informed me that she wants to spend as much money as I have on antennas and towers (no, she doesn't *really* know :) on a grand piano and remodeling - includin
Well, I must disagree somewhat on strategy. While there is less strategy than CQWW, and it is primarily a run contest, I can point out some strategy considerations. 1) At least stateside, it is very
The one that really got me was the "F" for 5 - required a few repeats, but the guy keep sending me "F" - at about 40wpm when he answered my CQ at about 26 wpm. Ted, KR1G _____________________________
The one that really got me was the "F" for 5 - required a few repeats, but the guy keep sending me "F" - at about 40wpm when he answered my CQ at about 26 wpm. Ted, KR1G _____________________________
Of course, you might loose a good 20-40% of your score. I have notice LOTS of busted calls (esp mults) on packet 73s Ted KR1G _______________________________________________________________ Get Free
At least here in the New Hampshire area, I'd estimate about 20% of all calls on packet during a major contest are busted! So you might be docked a few points :) Lame exchanges?? - the lamest has to
Of course, you might loose a good 20-40% of your score. I have notice LOTS of busted calls (esp mults) on packet 73s Ted KR1G _______________________________________________________________ Get Free
At least here in the New Hampshire area, I'd estimate about 20% of all calls on packet during a major contest are busted! So you might be docked a few points :) Lame exchanges?? - the lamest has to
A great example, but lets be serious. If HG1S makes a couple of thousand Qs at their normal speed in a CW test, and you log HG1H, its NOT going to be a unique :) Oh, I'm pretty sure, I almost made th
Although no longer in the LoTW or ARRL loop, and thus speaking only for myself, I can't possibly see how making the eQSL inbox somewhat more similar to LoTW has to do with making it "closer to DXCC a
Jim, You are not quite right, although close. If the times are off or something else is wrong (and you probably won't know what, just that you worked P5/KR1G on 160 and the logs have been submitted a
I think it is reasonable to expect LoTW to do this, although obviously not in its first implementation. There are all kinds of neat things eQSLing will make possible that we can never think of. Who t
I agree with Bill 100% - its the OH's event. I can't even imagine the amount of work they're doing, but I'm grateful even though i can't be there. Its their contest, its their show - let them do what
I think I must disagree, although only slightly. TLA stands for three letter "acronym", not abbreviation. And SO2R, while effectively a TLA, is truly a AN4T - an alpha numeric 4-tuple, which is *far*
The Proset Plus felt very heavy on my head - I think after 40+ hours it might get tiring 73 Ted KR1G _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MS
Not for me. I fix calls like G444XYZ (sticky key probably) and ##DF2ABC (clearly a typo). Obvious stuff I got wrong, and 95% of the time I KNOW it's wrong ahead of time, but didn;t have the time or
While I will be the first to say that "we don't need no stinking new categories - we got too many already", I believe that Dave's proposal makes much sense. i *am* old enough to remember the "hign ba