Ibelieve one needs to give a bit more time before "arbitrarily" changing recommended operating frequencies. Tonight I found folks mostly between 7200 and 7260 KHz, a few lower in frequency on 40. On
GenLog by W3KM says it will log the Alaska QSO Party, but cannot check the multipliers. See: http://www.qsl.net/w3km/ I've not used it recently, but when I did, the logging was correct, sometimes the
Talking about April Contests, Let me advertise one of the very best contests in April: That the Michigan QSO Party, 1600Z April 20 to 0400Z April 21! Rules at http://www.miqp.org Occasionally our con
Great commentary! Nice to hear someone who is NOT CARPING about their pet peeve, or complaining just because conditions were marginal for a part or all of the period, or that some (most?) people didn
Yep, it's the Weekend for the QRP ARCI Spring QSO party. Starts 1200Z April 6 (Saturday) and ends 2359Z April 7 (Sunday) Rules at http://www.qrparci.org/contests/spring-qso-party-2013 Note, you MAY o
Back a few years ago there was an on line "program" on a site sponsored by a F6 (French) ham. One could scroll over to the United states Map, and zoom downto a location in question, click on the map,
Jeff/All: The auxiliary power (generator, battery, solar, etc.) refer to the power directly connected to the transmitting/receiving equipment. Anything else can be run off the power grid. There have
To me, part of any operating event is an opportunity to learn, to test one's skill, to figure out how to do better than the last time. I consider folks who go out for a social event in a total differ
I had a terrible time trying to make a "run" when I tried now and then during the recent CQ WPX contest. I'd call CQ for as long as 10 minutes, and only once did I get more than one or two contacts i
Hi Pete: Thanks for the very thoughtful and thorough response. At least you didn't say "Life is too short for QRP - get a REAL rig" etc, which is what several folks say when I mention QRP. The F1 Key
Anyone operating the WWSA CW contest this weekend???? It seems to have rules similar to the CQ WW contest, though they don't drone on and on as CQ is wont to do. Maybe the folks in Argentina will dru
Ed: Geepers, How logical! I guess we hams don't know how to read. So, I could operate the first 60 minutes, be off the second, be on the third, etc., until I reached 24 hours total in the contest? On
Thanks Ward, for the education in New Math. DUMB LID me (self assigned but accurate). I assumed that 60+ minutes was 60+ minutes. I hadn't read the rules, assumed that a "somewhat standard" 30 minute
Yeah, but why would a neophyte, dolt, lid like me think that two contacts, an hour apart in a log, would NOT beconsidered as being one hour apart? If I subtract 22 hours and 60 seconds from 22 hours
As stated, the question seems to besimilar to "how many pins can dance on the head of an Angel." That's why I rarely contribute to this forum. Perhaps thequestion should be: Ifthere 24 stations IDing
OIC. The rules are specific. It doesn't mean that there cannot be two stations on the two modes on simultaneously from ID'ing themselves as W1AW, for example, but they should have the same call on th
So, I gather when the rules are against National Regulations or Laws, we encourage folks to break the law or use secondary level stations rather than changing the rules? Is NOT a rule which says "one
Wow! A voice of logic and reason in this cacophony of "Disqualify - they're breaking the rules" crowd! I'm absitively impressed! Astounded! Amazed! Will wonders never cease??? Congratulations! But, m
I believe we SHOULD all b**h and moan about the Reverse Beacon Network. It is co$ting us $o much for the information that we have a right to DEMAND perfection. If it reads me as N7XX once, and N9XD t
November 25? That's a Monday... I'm assuming a typo, advertising tonight' event? Also the "Next NS" list only the NS Sprints on some "NS-Ladder" - there's no listing of events between October 11 and