Hi contesters. I am not intending for this to sound like I'm soliciting contacts, rather an 11th hour attempt to make sense of these stupid high bands. I hope this post makes the reflector soon enoug
That would be true if it was a popularity contest and everyone got one vote. I suggest that it is not popularity contest, and some votes need to be worth more than others. When it comes to important
You make a good point, John - A rhombic seems like only one wire, but really it's two V-beams connected together, and a V-beam is two elements. Rhombics also can be used on more than one band, with
I've used both wireless and infra-red headsets contesting, and an important difference is that you can go to the bathroom with the radio wireless ones but you can't with the IR ones unless you can s
Respectfully Ken, I'm not sure I could agree it's a travesty. So much bandwidth has been spent being critical of the standard selection criteria that to selectively hold it up as a gold standard (i.e
Pity all the poor saps who didn't take the time (or have the ability?) to copy the call after jumping on the packet spot, as they all now get penalized for NILs if Eric turns in his log. The log-chec
Actually a "robot" as the term is used in contesting, is a program that gives your log the once-over when you email it in. This conversation is about the log-checking program which figures out every
And some people do it in really big shoes. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/c
I'm hardly a top competitor, but FWIW it just ain't right to omit the ack. Not okay. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
Contester #1: Contester #2: Contester #3: One realistic conclusion: the contest log checking system may be working right after all. Mark, N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
Yaa, that's me in that photo. Back when I was svelt. Thanks for posting the photos Dennis. I still think of Don's shack when I daydream about what is possible for an amateur DXing installation. I do
Rick, I was hit on twice by hams (male) when I was between the ages of 13 and 18, from 1971 to 1986. (Twice that I know of - as a teenager I was pretty dense sometimes, and if it happened more, I wa
Thanks Rusty :) Let me clarify that between the ages of 13 and 18 I was hit on by two presumably gay or pedophilic (or both) adult men who were licensed radio amateurs. Neither of them accomplished a
Oops. I age at a rate of approximately .5 - like Jim Neiger does. He's my mentor. However, he never leant me any of his Height Pills. N5OT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
I had commented to Dave privately earlier on this too. I also thought I must be getting weaker. I have moved one down from an attic, and I would have guessed it weighed more than 44 pounds. Isn't the
[then it turned out to be W1QI] At the moment I believe it is more likely that poor Field Day operators will never find out their operating is poor. Since, for the most part operating accuracy can be
Dang! The memories come flooding back. Thanks Tree. My very first SS was 1972. I was a guest at K6UJX running a Drake TR-3 with no CW filters. The thing I liked the most about it was watching the 3-5
Everybody "just gets on the air to hand out a few points" from time to time. I think the best thing a casual op can do to help is to remember to work more than one serious guy. Two will do it, if th
It's easy to think this, except for all the belly-aching about it right here on this reflector. I'm pretty sure there are a few reading this who might consider adjusting their operating practices to
No. There are questionable practices you can utilize to maximize the number of uniques in your log. On the other hand, there are quite a lot of loud stations that have few uniques, again, because of