Let's take this scenerio a half-step farther.... TEST ES5TV NN2I1CIK (2 stations, very similar calls answer) IK 5NN A5 N1IKN2IC5NN5NN45 (2 stations, N2IC and N1IK respond, both give exchanges) TU You
Hi gang ! I'm doing a talk on contesting for the Boulder ham youth group - a bunch of very gung ho 8-17 year olds. Some of them already know the basics of contesting - they have done FD, SS, a few ho
I beg to differ .... - The IARU contest now has high, low and QRP categories. This could certainly give the OH*W entrants an advantage over the other European low power competitors. - The sun has bee
I hesitate to go public with this information, but after 8 years of inaction, it's past overdue .... There has been a problem with the ARRL scoring of the IARU HF contest logs for USA participants si
Yes, it does look like the NAQP administrator applied a more onerous interpretation than the SS administrator. Just to clarify, it you have a QSO at 0030Z, and your next QSO is at 0100Z, both the NAQ
No - That UP4L score was incorrectly posted to 3830. That 7201 is the number of QSO points, not the number of SSB QSO's ! The correct posting should have been: Call: UP4L Total: 1614 0 187 Total Scor
Bob, The FT-920 is a contest-worthy radio. I used the 920 once in a serious contest effort, and was pleasantly surprised. Several serious contesters I know use them, and are very happy with them. The
Before you start messing with the time period, keep in mind two things: 1) We had a major geomagnetic storm in progress during the May Sprint. I presume you all noticed the fluttery signals on 40 and
Enough already ! Can we please go QRT on this thread ? At least for a year or two, when K3BU is certain to bring it up again ? If we keep this going, Yuri is certain to bring up another of his tired,
We should all be asking N1ND how and why this happened. The NAQP CW has always been the 2nd weekend of Janaury. The RTTY Roundup has always been the 1st weekend of January....Except for this year, wh
During CQWW CW, the behavior of most of the top-10 single-op DX stations was deplorable, especially during the first 24 hours ! As a single-op, all-band, NON-packet, unassisted participant, it is dow
Yeah, right ! When was the last time you (or anyone else who normally lives near the east coast) operated from west of 90 degrees W longitude and came even close to winning the SOAB high power catego
It would also be really nice if the WRTC 2006 web site would show some consideration for those of us who are stuck with slow, dial-up connections by not including frivolous pictures, movies, sounds,
This is a great idea ! Are there teams for this Sprint ? The NCJ web site allows team sign-up, but that is probably just a relic from February. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________
Guys and Gals, I just can't understand all this whining about the rescheduling/relocation of the Dayton forums. K1DG and K3LR are to be commended for turning Dayton into a first-rate contest conventi
This has been an ongoing problem with the IARU scoring for years ! Having been victimized by this sloppiness many times, I have privately made this problem well known to N1ND, N7NG, and his predecess
Ah yes....another year and the IARU scores published in QST are botched. This is getting really old. How about this in future years....delay publishing the QST writeup until AFTER the scores have bee
OK ....that's two arm-chair contesters who don't know when CQWW SSB is. It is NOT this weekend. It is October 30-31. See http://www.cqww.com for details. Of course, if you want to try CQWW this weeke
I essentially agree with John. The biggest advantage that I can see is that the G's might have some spectrum between 7100 and 7150 where they can be heard without so much QRM from the rest of Europe.
The comments below are NOT intended as a personal slam on Hans, since I recognize that this is widely practiced (and Hans is an all-around good guy !). -- This should be treated no differently than l