I had a discussion with a member of JARL about a year ago on this subject. He said that the internet and cell phones are the two main causes of existing licensees not renewing their licenses and few
I know that all of us intermountain and west coast stations have run into this. I would like to get a read on what the readers feel is the appropriate action. On 15 or 10 meters, in the early afterno
I don't think anyone will argue that the 10 meter contest will reach its ultimate goal either this year or next as the sunspot cycles reach their lowest points since the contest was begun. Maybe now
I have recorded many of my contest operations using a VCR. I put the station clock on the video and the contest operation on the audio track. (I simply focus a video camera on the clock) That lets me
In any type of contest the winners are those who have the best ability and make use of the best technology. This applies to everything from car racing to marathon runs. If you want to win in a nation
While monitoring the packet spots for FJ/OH2AM I found seven different ways he was reported besides the correct FJ/OH2AM. I was amazed that people seemed to ignore the previous postings of his call a
How about if we all keep our logs on paper with dull lead pencils and create elaborate sheets to keep track of contacts and avoid dupes. It could revolutionize contesting as we know it! 73 From Numbe
Here is the way to answer all the concerns about using technology, contest exchange and scoring in one fell swoop. It involves creating a contest exchange that tells it all by having a character, eit
While most people agree that using a recording of your operation in a contest to make changes or corrections to your log after a contest is over is not acceptable practice; what is the situation if y
Just SWLing this morning on the AACW contest and I made a little study Of 50 consecutive stations I copied, there were 32 that were in their 60s, 1 in his 70s, 12 in their 50s 2 in their 40s and 3
Field Day is fun but there are not really a lot of operating challenges to it. One way to liven things up would be to set some operating goals other than just making the most contacts possible. By g
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here is one that we could really use QCL? what is your call QCL wait 5 minutes and I will send it at 50 WPM one time Another QQQ? Should we quit making up new Q codes QQQ Quit making up
On another reflector a careless person leaked a secret that has been long reserved to only the top performing contest and dx operators Since it is unfair to keep this secret from the rest of the co
If you look at the PROP-LAB charts you will see the propagation inside Europe and to Africa has an MUF well above 28 MHz for several hours most days but the MUF to North America is much lower Anywa
Rearranging the letters of "the morse code" spells out "here come dots" but that doesn't really have to do with "dittitus", the very real and annoying aftermath of listening to CW for 24 hours or mo
There is nothing in the SS rules that says what type of numbering system you have to use in the exchange Just think how much more interesting it would be if we gave the QSO number in Roman numerals a
I have always wondered what is the purpose of the 10 minute rule as it applies to the multiplier station in MS It seems that the purpose of the multiplier station is to maximize the mults and it is
Are these a boon to contesting or not? They seem to be much more effective than coffee or caffine pills but, at least for me, the crash after they start to wear off is really a problem. Also, there a
The surprising propagation that occurred on Sunday afternoon appears to have been the result of a major shift in the interplanetary magnetic field as evidenced by the NOAA plots http://www.swpc.noa