Steve: Repeating a call back, to me is key to knowing the exchange was successful. Numerous times, on ssb, I call a "high-rate" station, we go back and forth a few times, and each time he gets my cal
Other NA countries: two come to mind-- St Pierre and Bermuda. What about 4u1un?--Mike, WV2ZOW --Original Message-- The NAQP rules state: "Multipliers: Are U.S. states (including KH6 and KL7), 13 Cana
Please--don't misunderstand. I am not trying to start a phone vs. CW thing. Just trying to envision what is coming and where we are going. I am not anti-progress. I don't miss recopying logs and usin
Hey--no jabs at construction articles--they are 'webbing' those too--look at that 1296 amp in the latest issue--all the construction details are on the web, the article is just a fluff piece. --Mike,
So all the scores get published for field day so the picknickers can not look at them? Not publish scores for events where all the people care about is the scores? Dosn't make sense. And the VHF cont
Ward: Point taken. Half an article is better than no article! But the WEB based stuff is SO disposable. How often have you bookmarked the greatest web site ever, only to find it gone next time you we
AND, with the proper filters, you can skip all the ads too!--Mike, WV2ZOW --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of asciibaro
I remember an old friend, Jim, K2OJL (SK), who used to go off on a rant everytime he worked someone signing QRP. He'd go on and on on how HE should get the extra points because he is the one doing al
I understand Steve's pain. With my call, WV2ZOW, on phone, when running low power and being "arielly" challenged, many of the high QSO rate guys will give me one or two tries, and, I get the sense th
David: "Let you use" is a lot different from mode not being a factor. Separate categories for CW and Phone, different contact values certainly makes mode a factor. In VHF contests, if I am having tro
Then there is the Mid Atlantic QSO party which picks up all of 2 and 3, with WV and VA for some of 4 and 8. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesti
Mal: I think the issue is 2X1 calls do not stand out. Also, with the proliferation of vanity calls and special DX calls, Prefix multipliers are not that hard to get, and certainly not waiting through
Ev: I Note you are typing this while the 432 mHz Sprint is happening. Your analysis is a bit flawed. The decline in VHF logs comes from 100% of the ham population, not just the technicians. My though
What a spirited discussion! Its clear that SS is a different kind of contest, just as a Drag race is different than a Road Rally is different than a race like the Indy 500. It's also clear that the s