I am very happy to announce that today, upon getting home from work, I found a package from CQ containing a CQWW CW trophy for the 2010 contest. A posthumous thank you to the sponsor, and long time f
Wow...this looks very different - a BLACK certificate! Happy to have it!! de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.c
The assisted/unassisted thread has taken an interesting twist. The following is purely DEVIL'S ADVOCATE on my part. Yeah, I'm on the contest committee for CQWW, but please ignore that (if you can). F
RE: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2013-February/101503.html Barry's conclusion is to keep your files updated. I ditto the "really" comment. The moral of the story is actually to co
I have not read CQ-Contest in a while, so while I'm home with the flu, I did some catching up. Here is an old joke. Please take the joke as an analogy and not as anti-religious. An old woman, who liv
What has become clear to me, from reading some of the comments being made, is that people have not reviewed the quite excellent www.cqww.com URL. Almost all of your answers can be found there. RULES:
Pretty interesting discussion, though (as expected) it has gone far a field from the original topic of "combine all SOAB." Being a QRPer, I have never run SO2R in a DX contest. I don't get to run muc
Toivo, ES2RR asked how many "iron men" there are. Here are the "iron man" results from a recent CQWW SSB contest. First column (left) is hours operated (2 hours groups). The second column (middle) is
I got a number of nice responses for SSB, so here is CW for a recent CQWW. Columns (from left to right): 1. hours of operation 2. number of SOAB entrants operating that many hours 3. percent of entra
Just FYI.... 10 minutes of no QSO's = off It was totally arbitrary and was not "my" decision. I'm fine with 10 minutes (rate = 6/hour). If you'd like to experiment, the logs are public. Several years
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_contests/cq_ww_dx_contest/cq_ww_dx_ssb_contest/2012_cq_ww_dx_ssb_contest/2012_cq_ww_dx_ssb_contest_tables.pdf Be sure to copy/paste the ENTIRE link. In the past, if
First, my usual disclaimer. The following text is not, in any way, meant to represent the thinking or actions of any contest committee with which I may be associated. These are MY thoughts. Second, I
Posts on CQ-Contest, as of 04/17/2013 at ~2130z Just FYI de Doug KR2Q First, TOP TEN TOPICS. Number of posts on left. Topic on right. 61 [CQ-Contest] Remote contest operation 48 [CQ-Contest] How many
That is ONLY for April, 2013 postings. sorry for any confusion. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/l
I am thrilled to report that I discovered the 2011 CW plaque (for QRP, naturally) at my front door when I got home from work today. Looks good and makes me feel very happy. Many thanks to K1AR for ru
Short and sweet... 1. Since I was on the CQWWCC when the 3:1 penalty was first initiated, I can say with confidence that it has nothing to do with the ratio of how many logs could be cross-checked. T
Hey guys.... Please read the rules AND the FAQ and the "new rules explained." By the way, this "new rule" is not new for 2013 - this is from 2012. See http://www.cqww.com/rules_2012changes.htm Specif
I just gave this a try. Easy to use, very user friendly. Works GREAT! And looks great too!! Nice to see this finally implemented. Kudos. de Doug KR2Q _______________________________________________ C
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/27/south-china-sea/ Interesting story/video de Doug KR2Q PS...the subject was just to get your attention (sorry). _________________________________________
I saw this on the NBC Nightly News today (Nov 19) and the analogy to contesting immediately became apparent. Of course, nobody dies using automation to work DX. As one local in NJ put it, "Search and