During ARRL SSB TX below 3750 really didn't work very well. Most of the multis still TX above 3800 and listen above 3700. I have an inverted V at 110' with a Heathkit remote antenna tuner that works
Bad power supply or bad connection to power supply is the usual culprit. Mike, W1NR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
I noticed two stations who had the sense enough to QSY after realizing they had been spotted with a busted call. That's about the only recourse a station has. This weekend seemed especially bad. I th
It is a typo created when the CW/SSB rules were merged. Scoring is as it was last year. Mike, W1NR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com ht
Here's W0YK's explanation. The scoring is correct. The rules had a mistake: Hi, Richard. WriteLog, and other loggers, are scoring correctly. A typo crept into the 2009 WPX RTTY rules when I was tryin
http://www.mouser.com/ http://www.digikey.com/ I gave up on LPT port switching a long time ago. Mike, W1NR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
There is no excuse for deliberately altering the log times. That is cheating pure and simple. As I read the rules, had the logs been submitted as is, they would have just been reclassified to M/M wit
David, As far as CQWW is concerned, each operator contributes an equal share to the club that each operator is a member of. I am a member of Yankee Clipper Contest Club, but you can't be a contributi
Another common bust is o (oh) vs. 0 (zero). That is usually caused by unconsciously hitting the wrong key and they are close together. Mike, W1NR _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Why not simply retire the old records and start new? Other sports do this when there are significant rules or other changes. Mike, W1NR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
Perhaps a reading of the rules is in order... 97.101(b) Each station licensee and each control operator must cooperate in selecting transmitting channels and in making the most effective use of the a
On Monday, December 28, I am scheduled to get a FIOS internet connection installed. This will increase my upstream bandwidth from 768k to 15M. I will test it for a day or so and move the server on or
This is exactly what should NOT occur, but it has and has resulted in the confusion we have today. There is a standard set of phonetics that has been in place for as long as I can remember (at least
First of all, any emergency communications should be respected at any time. But... I would echo Dave's comments and add that CQWW Phone is probably the busiest HAM radio weekend of the year and the f
Someone or something is repeating the spots with the frequency multiplied by 10. It was doing this about a month ago too and no-one tracked down who was responsible. I set my cluster to reject anythi
Hi Tim, The facts on CAC activities have not been reported accurately. The CAC has not taken a final vote on any issue related to ARRL DX. We're still in the process of reviewing the rules and discu
It used to be that putting skimmer spots on the net was taboo but a few don't listen. However, there is an answer. On a DX Spider node set a filter: reject/spots by w3lpl This will stop you from seei
The first 24 hours of operating. There is no set start or stop time, it does not have to be continuous and any breaks must be for a minimum of 60 minutes. You can operate longer but the contacts afte
U.S. 40M phone goes down to 7125 now. This was changed several years ago. I am intrigued by the SDR references. Are entire bands recorded throughout the contest and reviewed after? 73 de Mike, W1NR I
Based on the comments about some of the DQ's being verified by SDR recordings, I assume that means they ask the "observers" for SDR recordings, NOT recordings from inside any particular station. I al