kinda hard on folks in places like Nome, Alaska, where sunrise is at 12:04 p.m and sunset is 4 p.m. Folks in Antarctica with perpetual sun have it made. :) Up here we only have 9 hours of daylight (G
I only compete with my past effort - and consider which changes, if any at my station has increased or decreased my ability to make contacts under similar propagation conditions. We could dissect mos
Or, at least sending "real code" instead of compressed spaces between elements of letters, shortening the duration of a "space" and other LIDdish tricks which makes it difficult to read at any speed.
OH? NO one? I personally think the special QSY rule in the NCJ Sprints is prejudicial to folks who choose to run <1.5 +++ KW. I've made my comments known. And I appreciate the NCCC sprints which use
I NEVER acknowledge a station who doesn't have my call correct. If he/she comes back with N8XO, N8XL, or anything other than N8XX I just send N8XX again, sometimes twice. I'd say that >99.44% of the
I was "sorta participating" in ARRL DX SSB as SOSB 10 QRP this weekend. Not using any assistance. Mighty score of 110Q's 50 multipliers in 6 hours claimed. BUT, I was asking the RBN and DXSummit.fi t
I'm wondering why there isn't a PI Day contest. There seems to be a reason to hold a contest for most any other reason. Pi = 3.14 to two decimal place, so Pi Day is March 14. Just thing, in two years
Attention all Olde Fogeys: Please note this "high speed, exceeding taxing contest" which will be held this weekend! I'm sure such a fast paced QSO Party will keep even the most jaundiced Contest Op a
Anyone work UN1ZZZ/A besides me during the recent UN DX World Wide Contest? (Kazakhstan)? Post contest I looked up the call on QRZ.com, NIL there. He was spotted by the RBN a few times as UN1ZZZ (no
A couple folks on a QRP reflector are asking for recommendations for logging software which works with Linux. Reco's are cordially invited. 72/73 de n8xx Hg QRP >99.44% of the time __________________
I think the FCC has it right. Every 10 minutes complies with the law. If you wish to ID more often, that's your prerogative. What's all the fuss, anyway? If I run across a LID who isn't IDing often e
I suggest that others consider adopting either "NANCY" or "KOTT" for us a their "NAME"during the upcoming NCJ sprint (September 7 0000-0359Z) What? Are you crazy? I've been told that "ED" or "AL" are
Shucky durn - Maybe the malaise isn't the Sprint itself, but the lack of leadership in the contest clubs? I've been one of the first (sometimes THE first) in a contest club in which I'm a member, to
Shucky durn, I never cease to be amazed at what I can do with my "mighty 5 watts" to an antenna "Proven to be a few dB better than a dummy load buried 6' underground." This antenna is 28 to 40 feet h
As some of my contesting friends say, "If you want to watch paint dry, try Hellschreiber." But, if you want to try a "different mode" just for the H... of it, try Feld Hell in a Hellschreiber Sprint.
I've heard, some time ago, that some DX clusters have a way to accept a DX Spot via a SMS Text message from a standard Cell Phone (Not a smart phone.) I'm a luddite and have a standard olde phone, bu
As a warmup to the NAQP RTTY, one might try some daylight 80 meters wtih Hellschreiber (Feld Hell) *International HELL-Contest: 1600Z-1800Z, Oct 4 (80m) and 0900Z-1100Z, Oct 5 (40m)* DARC KW-HELL-Con
The Feld Hell Club International cordially invites all Contest Operators to partake of their Monthly Sprints. This month's event is called the "Spooky Sprint" because all non-WARC bands are permitted
IF you run out of stations during the ARRL Sweepsteaks, or are otherwise bored, you might try this contest. lt ain't on the ARRL's nor WA7BNM's calendars. Dear Fellow Radio Amateurs, The Russian Digi
A good warmup for the Stew Perry Top Band Challenge on December 31. http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/weeklycont.php?mode=custom&week=next#5642 if the above gets truncated, try http://goo.gl/xw7Wv