Thanks guys. I understand there was an RTTY contest at the same time as the Sprint. It is unfortunate the conflict has not been better negotiated, but for all practical purposes, I made plenty of con
When I was young and impressionable I remember being taught to tune around so as not to miss those operators not saavy enough to get on my frequency. I was never ever advised to pretend I didn't hea
Dale asked: Hopefully claimed scores will never have more weight than checked scores, but it's a loaded question. If Dink's/Bruce's system somehow incorporated score checking, that would be different
My thoughts on picking a call: On phone, there are certain letters which don't need phonetics because they cannot be mistaken for others. I would recommend trying to make your call out of those lette
Can't argue, Jim. I think you have some other things in your favor which could influence your own personal experience - both of which are also important in the overall scheme: 1. you have a good sign
The Caltech Radio Club, W6UE, ends in "E" but is quite active and has some amount of callsign recognition. We have not found it a big liability. Other calls off the top of my head would be W4YE, W6E
I was about to give Barry the attaboy, but then I realized as others have how many times a competitor will favor one region to the specific exclusion of another like Tree was saying. A French station
If I recall, XEs are allowed to work Americans in the CQWW. I believe Tree's example is perfectly relevant. He was in Mexico, he wanted to run JAs, so he specified this in his CQ. This is a wide-spre
Nice thought, but not that simple. Many competent operators use this technique to reduce the size of their pileup. Your going away has just made it easier for the competent operator to copy one of th
I think the answer is not cut and dried. I would first determine if this is a station which is a major competitor. If it is, then I would definitely be a hard-ass about it, especially since it could
Have you used the technique? That's why a savvy user of this technique will send "R" instead of "QRZ?" Or, better still (giving away secrets here) a savvy operator will send NOTHING and wait for som
One time in the CQWW I didn't ID after each QSO, and I made 78 more QSOs than I would have if I had sent my call after each and every QSO. At George's reminding last night, I re-read N6AA's post abou
It is easy to oversimplify this question. I never said I send "QRZ." I send "R". You're fooling yourself to equate your not working me with reducing my rate. You're also making the assumption in the
Dave, K8CC, asked: amounts I don't mind it from Jim because, well, he's JIM, if you know what I mean. We ALL have family members we're embarrassed to admit to. But seriously: Jim has done a fabulous,
Sheesh, Tommy, relax. First of all, you're correct. When asked about antenna restrictions, a realtor SHOULD say: "You know, that is not something I can help you with. You will need to check the docum
At first glance these seem like legitimate questions for heated contester debate: I like to vent just as much as anyone, but in the case of this thread, I think once it has come out that the actual l