Did anyone else notice there were again a lot of DX stations that weren't signing their calls for a long period of time? You can directly attribute this to packet spotting. For those who operate this
How about a 48 hour DX contest using the NA Sprint format? Wouldn't that be interesting :) Jeff Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
Steve, I wasn't really serious about that. Just an attempt of sarcasm on my part ! _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.conte
Very true Bill. It's been a game changer in contesting. Only thing I hate is when someone spots your call wrong. In ARRL DX CW I was up high at 21125 and somebody spotted my call wrong. I had a nice
Jim, I can tell you from running both the Ohio and Georgia QSO Parties in the past , if you don't publicise your QSO party by social media, convince people to go mobile to activate rare counties and
Sorry to take up the bandwidth with this question. Only posting here because I know there are lots of people who do rovering in the state QSO Parties who subscribe. We use Hustler mobile antennas for
Looking for a contest dinner ticket. Would prefer to sit at one of the club/group tables. Anyone have an extra ticket they want to sell? Jeff KU8E Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid _________
Thanks everyone for their tips. It turns out the Allen wrench size is 3/32 inch, not the thread size. The set screw is 2050-26 10-32 x 1/8 inch. I contacted New-Tonics and they are sending me 10 spa
With the higher bands not as good as past years 40 meters will be more important . We have improved the W4AN/M setup so we can QSY between 40/20/15 meters without having to stop to change resonators
I hope John doesn't mind me sharing this with his many ham radio contesting friends. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/chuck-williams/article109883982.html I've known John
After the terrible conditions in CQWW DX SSB this weekend allowing USA-USA QSO's for 1 point looks to be an attractive option. Why is it this is allowed for EU stations and VE's working the USA makin
/W0MU wrote :/ /Agreed. There were plenty of zero pointers to work, who sat and called cq endlessly. Why does the USA always get "punished"? There are lots more hams in EU now then ever. The scores s
Here is the only breakdown I found close to Europe on 3830 from EF8U in North Africa -- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y -- 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct -- North America 27 214 1082 239 750 338 2650 3
/The point of CQ WW DX - That's "World Wide DX"- is to seek out and work DX. Its not to fill up the log with domestic /Qs. There are plenty of contests all year long to do that. Ed, The phase "Worldw
We have that same problem in GA but probably not as bad as FL. We can usually work CO, VP5, ZF and C6A on 40 meters. 20 meters and up can sometimes be a problem. On 160 and 80 most of the Caribbean i
Due to some inter-island airline issues our CQWW DX CW trip to Bonaire was extended until Saturday afternoon (tomorrow). Look for PJ4/K4BAI, PJ4/KU8E and PJ4/W4EF operating tonight only on a rotation
The PJ4A and PJ4Q teams met for Thanksgiving dinner at a local dive resort hotel here in Bonaire. K4RO, W4PA and myself were standing by the bar and I swear we all heard something that sounded like C
I came across this video on YouTube yesterday. PJ4/K4BAI operating on 160 meters. This was recorded in Italy during our recent November trip to the PJ4G station. https://youtu.be/snokuhKvl-M I was am
We are looking to fill some spots on the Southeast Sprint Coalition teams. If anyone is interested in joining one of our teams please email me off the list. Thanks, Jeff KU8E Sent from my Verizon 4G
One station is the VI - NP2J - also sent 5NN TTT as his exchange. I guess the guys at NP2N and KP2M didn't get the memo since they sent either K or KW as their power :) Jeff _________________________