I agree 100% with the comments by W2UP. To penalize those with valid FCC call signs (in the same DXCC country) and add two characters onto their call in the ARRL DX Contest will be punitive. Drop tha
I agree 100% with the comments by W2UP. To penalize those with valid FCC call signs (in the same DXCC country) and add two characters onto their call in the ARRL DX Contest will be punitive. Drop tha
I read the WPX rules the same way, however one of our club members ran into Steve Boll, N5BJQ, at Dayton, and posted this comment on the club reflector: ** I hooked up with N8BJQ at Dayton and asked
Interesting question. First off, the WRTC needs to be in a warm climate. It would be tough for the station and antenna work to be in inclement weather. Second, the WRTC must be imbedded in some form
In general, I support Trey's efforts. "If you're not making progress, you're moving backwards." The points by Dave, G4BUO, regarding more time for overseas logs seems like a valid point, but as a gen
For some reason, the 3830 submission format didn't work properly last night following the latest (and very popular) NCCC NS Sprint practice. My NS report, along with those of K5PTC and K8AJS all can
K6VVA's comments are on the mark. When I was in Finland and served as a Referee for one of the WRTC 2002 teams, it was clear to me that some form of real time scoring is a fantastic tool for increasi
The thread on CQ-Contest on contests has degenerated into "what's wrong with them" and "why are the CQWW sponsors so horrible," etc. I'm tired of it, but it got me to thinking of just what a perfect
Hello guys and gals. I found myself in Roanoke, VA Sunday morning. This was after a *very* short night following the Virginia Tech-Miami game, and I was nursing both a hang-over and bruised feelings
** I second Scott's suggestion, a new contest should be defined. Let's face it, the present contest standards are popular because they offer rules and activity people like. They are going to change o
Certainly Ken, K6LA, is a first rate contester. No doubt about that. Further, building and maintaining an elite contest station on eastern PEI is extremely difficult (kudos to both Ken and Jeff), how
Another fun night with the left coast boyz and friends! 30 minutes of NAQP warmup. My new TR config file worked well (TR 6.78) 160 2/2 80 9/6 40 18/9 Total 30/18 504 points 100W SO2R Tnx to K0EJ, K7N
As part of a project to compare contesting results with several CTDXCC members here in the Austin area, I have been updating results from several contests, including the NAQP, Sprint, WPX, ARRL DX, I
No! One must QSL every QSO with a "dit" or "R" or "TU" or something. Only one signal may be transmitted at a time. Operators who do not QSL are not completing their QSO. There are occasions when they
In the Sprint, callers should wait a moment until they hear the station QSL the previous contact. If the station is SO2Ring and a half second or a second late in sending the QSL message, then it's ve
Weird. For the first time, California was *absent* from the NS!!! Nary a one for me. Worked 55 NS QSOs, with only 6 mults (WI, TN, GA, CO, NV, and WA). No rare TX or CA at all. The bands were quiet h
20 meters was open well at the start to the west coast, but only worked two CA stations (N6RO and W0YK) plus W5JAW here in town. Where did people go? 80 and 40 were quite noisy here (moist atmospheri
Relayed from Art, KZ5D: FOC Open Invitation to all CW Operators Join us for 24 hours of CW fun, making QSOs with FOC members on all 6 HF bands (WARC excluded) and VHF. This is an operating event (not
Following my operation in the 2006 CW WPX contest using my fellow CTDXCCer John Warren's call, NT5C, I looked on the OH2AQ cluster for spots, and attempted to correlate them with possible increased Q
From the CTDXCC Reflector. All are invited. de N3BB for K5NA and the CTDXCC Contesters. This is a reminder about the Contester Meeting at K5NA's QTH on July 23rd. Everyone (contesters and those inter