How about a compromise -- no contests on these bands, but ARRL (or somebody) to sponsor a special DXCC-98 award for station(s) with most countries worked during 98 on 30, 17 and/or 12 meters. Give a
This is developing into an excellent thread, but triggers an additional question: My QTH loses power fairly often in the winter. This is critical only because my well pump is electric, but in some ci
Thanks to the many who educated me on the need for a transfer switch. Pay particular attention to K7FR's post, and don't do what I was considering. BTW, a 200 amp manual transfer switch at the local
Is there a site where I can find a listing of 1997 WAE CW and SSB claimed scores? KA9FOX doesn't appear to have WAE after 1996, and I don't know of any other compilation like his. I'm crunching numbe
<economics deleted> All good points, but the real issue, IMO, is the decline in substantive content. CQ's slope in this respect has been as steep as QST's, but they also started from a lower general
I agree with both Fred and Ric - my domestic QSLing burden is < 1 percent of QSOs made, despite high activity in SSCW, in particular - and almost all send SASE's. But responding to DX bureau QSLs was
For some time now I've been noticing that some e-mails are arriving with what I call "phantom attachments." These are attachments that are not mentioned in the text of the incoming e-mail , but are n
I suspect this is one of those rules that has to be tempered with reason. I received 599K, 599KW, 5995W, 599005, 5995, 59980, etc. I tried to copy each as it was sent, on the theory that ARRL intends
On Saturday during the ARRL CW, I worked a brief spate of 50-watt JAs on 20 meters around 1500Z. I was running at the time so don't know if there were other Asians being heard here as well, and my an
Thanks to all who responded. Since many of the responses weren't copied to the reflectors, I thought it might be useful to summarize what I've learned. Apparently, some mailers (Netscape, Microsoft E
I'm contemplating a used TS-850SAT for my new primary CW contesting rig, and would appreciate the advice of aficionadoes as to: whether there are particular serial numbers (like after 7M on the TS-93
Right on, Gene. In TRLog (and, I suspect in other logging software, it's even easy to use the software's "note" function during the ARRL test to log some guy in Michigan who's never worked WV before
I sympathize with this to a degree, but let me offer a slightly different slant. When running on a crowded band, timing is the key to answering the question, "Is he calling me?" This is particularly
No, tail-ending is dumping your call in as the last station worked is finishing, before the "QRZ" or equivalent. This delay business triggered my "pet peeve" nerve, though. To me, the most annoying -
Yes, but hadn't gotten around to it. The bottom line is everyone loves it, particularly on CW, except one op who hated it but didn't say why. The only thing everyone found to criticize was the lack o
Amen, Scott. I live in a rural area where a very large power company tries to operate at long distance by remote control. Luckily, I was able to find out who locally would be assigned the job if the
I'm contemplating a used TS-850SAT for my new primary CW contesting rig, and would appreciate the advice of aficionadoes as to: whether there are particular serial numbers (like after 7M on the TS-93
I agree. The only cogent counter-argument I recall from the last iteration on this topic was that a shorter active period would discourage contest DXpeditioners from doing their thing in this contest
And the best part is, "no known zoning." 73, Pete Smith N4ZR In wild, wonderful, fairly rare WEST Virginia -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-con
Hah! Once again, for the 37th year, I had no QSOs deducted. But seriously, folks... back before I broke 100K in SS for the first time, I assumed that was the milestone when checking would begin. Then