Hope everyone has recovered from the Saturday night Sprint. Please send me a photo (you at your operating position is perfect, but I'll take almost anything). N5KO and N6TR racked up some serious num
The article for the recent CW NA Sprint is nearly complete. The magazine (NCJ) has limited space, however the web version has plenty of bandwidth. If you were active in the Sprint in early February,
Got two more great photos but both of well-known Sprint superops. Much appreciated, and these will be used. But how about a photo from a "little pistol" or an op who was in the Sprint for the first t
Tor, I'm having a hard time even taking this thread seriously ... no critique on your excellent comments. But why in the world would anyone want to use the FT modes for a contest? The speed-slowing l
Good luck to all. CU tonight. Jim N3BB and the LATX Peeps Thanks for registering your CW Sprint team. Team Name: LATX Peeps Team Members: KZ5D K5PI N9NM N3BB K5WA Registration recorded at: 2021-09-11
Suddenly, one of my K3 radios suddenly went into a strange mode. While in the CW mode, it suddenly shows the SSB "configuration" for the meter (CMP to 10 and 20) and ALF rather than the usual (for C
Thanks to N5VR and N4ZR, the problem was the DISP was set to SSB, not CW. Holding in that control for a few seconds brought it back to CW and all was good in K3 land. My phat pfingers somehow had cha
Well now! The NA Sprint winter running in February is over, and as usual the contest was interspersed with several European as well as at least one US state and one Canadian province event. Throw in
In each summary article regarding the NA CW Sprint, I like to include several photos of both "regulars" as well as newcomers. If you've sent me a photo in recent years, but have a different station o
Thanks, Ward. Glad to help the Sprint, my favorite contest. However the contesting community should know you add a LOT to my write up, both in terms of additional material at times as well as excell
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Ive wondered. Prevagen advertises constantly. Our family doc recommended something named Neurogen. I take it. No real effect plus or minus but am conscious of failing memory issues, especially when i
Good article. Thanks! For me, an excellent take-away near the end listed three factors in maintaining a healthy memory: (1) performing cardio-vascular activities. (2) eating a healthy diet. and (3) s
Wow! Thanks much Bob. You are right-on with your comments. Key indeed. Glad your serious health issues have been worked out. So far, knocking on wood here, all is good. 73, Jim N3BB. Sent from my iPh
Ive always felt that anything that induces people to try ham radio is a positive, and longer term they migrate to whatever interests them more. The hobby must be a big tent and I say that as an OT wh
Based on N6TR's (der Data-Meister extraordinaire) outstanding preparation of the "tables and charts" summarizing the recent CW NA Sprint, Ward, N0AX has issued an excellent summary of the results. It
After a number of years, I must withdraw from writing the results article for the CW NA Sprint. The floor is open for a great opportunity to give back to the radio-sporting focus of amateur radio, ha
The entire response was created by AI? Good grief.really good. Jim N3BB Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://li
Really sound advice from an expert. Agree completely. Jim N3BB You should log the zone that he is located in. Folks that say you should log what is sent are giving you bad advice. It is good advice n
Jack, W6FB, has it exactly right. The sequence for acknowledging for both when you will inherit the freq, and when you must QSY, is clearly stated in his two examples. Perhaps someone would include t