Also, nothing says that we only play our favorites. Playing in non-favorites is good preparation for playing in our favorites. What is the saying? Practice makes improved rate, or something like that
I think this is a reasonable way to try out one of the ideas that has been discussed, and I love the notion of Stew Perry-style awards. Three thoughts come to mind, however: First, regarding the rule
What if it were "choose your starting time; count the next 24 hours of operating time": twenty-four contiguous operating hours (with the clock stopping if the operator takes a break >30 minutes), rat
In fact, I just submitted my log for the 1896 running of the Poisson d'Avril. Incredible contest that year. I qualified for DXCC honor roll as a result of that test, but unfortunately LOTW wouldn't a
I'll join the throng supporting DXLab's DXKeeper DXLab may not necessarily meet your desire for "simple", but once you climb the learning curve, the suite's programs are fairly straightforward. Autho
Just to offer my two cents' worth.... The two things I really enjoy about WPX are: 1) Prefixes as multipliers....which kind of makes sense for a contest supporting the WPX awards. At the very least,
I'd be careful with that analogy. Broadcast radio/TV has the concept of "community of license", which may be different than the licensed transmitter and backup transmitter locations, and is alien to
all By that reasoning, you could argue that everyone who cannot copy or send QRQ and who isn't operating QRO ought to be excluded, because they are "only" getting in the way of competitors who are be
Amen. I got 8BDXCC essentially with a single wire antenna. -- Michael D. Adams (N1EN) | Poquonock, Connecticut | mda@n1en.org _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
In fairness to the EP station....registered mail from the US to Iran would be $14 + 1 IRC (if you can find a post office that knows what to do with an IRC). The Irainian postal service website lists
You could always set that yourself set/dx/filter skimverify or (not skimmer) ...would be a good place to start. That might be a touch restricted since, once in a blue moon, there's a spot from a weak
I have a small AR Cluster v6 install running in my shack, primarily because I like to aggregate various spot sources and information from a Skimmer connected to my K3's IF port. I was too busy playin
N4ZR proposed (for reasons mentioned in his original email): While I agree with the general idea that assistance comes from outside the station, I think you still need the second dimension that, for
Before the Classic overlay was announced, there had been some talk about having a side-contest running in conjunction with CQWW, to address/gauge perceived interest in competition among those of us w
[...] Thoughts similar to those were in the back of my mind for one of my suggestions earlier in this thread. To expand on it... Imagine aggregating CQWW logs from the past several years. With that b
This idea brings two thoughts to mind. First, is the obvious reaction: the contest calendar is plenty full as it is. We probably don't need to antagonize anti-contesters any further by cramming anoth
So, you get in the habit of signing every time: KP1A TEST P51B P51B 5NN TT1 5NN TT1 KP1A Or, if you really begrudge the extra characters at the close of the exchange, if you use computer keying, and
Could it be that of the CQ contests, WPX might be viewed as a testing ground for new contest features? After all, WPX had overlays, it was deemed fun, and now CQWW has overlays. There's been an awful
The rule says that you transmit only one signal at a time, not that you're limited to one QSO at a time. Send on one radio while you're receiving on the other radio. Under good conditions, you get a
I've been mostly off the air for the past couple of weeks, partly due to duties from the day job, and partly because I've been putting in a new PC into the shack and otherwise cleaning up the wiring.