I see the day of "Zero Operator, Multi Transmitter" classification coming very soon. Why not? if a skimmer can decode the entire band, why can't it be configured to control the transceiver, call CQ,
Count me as one of those who strongly disagree with allowing : 1. Use of anything but a 2 tube regenerative receiver 2. Use a computer logging. 3. use of more than 10 watts output power 4. Use of any
Joe: Rots O Ruck: I proposed a SO Assisted for the 160 M and 10 M ARRL contests, and got zero response from the contest branch. Do you expect anything different from the folks who run the NAQP? My vo
Do states within Mexico count as multipliers in NAQP, similar to the multipliers in the ARRL 10 metre contest? I only worked one station from Mexico, and he sent "MEX" for his location, That could be
Thanks Al: I figured I'd write the note in CQ-Contest to get the idea into the contesting community. I wrote the following to WA7BNM As you can see from the message below, I think we Gringos are doin
Joe: Good thought, but look at results from 2010 Winter CW NAQP and tell me how many station were on from the Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland/Labrador, Yukon, NWT and Nunavut ? Or the "rare" states, S
I need to know if there's an example Cabrillo file for the NA-Sprint? There's an example for NAQP, but I find NIL (or NOP N)ot O)n P)age) in the NCJ web page. I operated with the call N1L How do I in
Might help to move to 2300Z start time, but 40 was LOOONNNGGGG at 2300Z. I lost Minnesota stations in the MNQP from SW Michigan well before that, and had to switch to 80 metres for the final hour to
Lessee, For Field Day 1985 and subsequent years, I wrote a macro using Lotus 123 with my brand new HP-110 computer (512 KB memory 4.x MHz CPU) all in memory - no hard drive, no floppy disk. Lotus 123
Ed: Does this mean you waive the rule "CQ and move" for newbies? Seems like this could confuse the op who assumes he/she has the frequency after answering a CQ. 72/73 de n8xx Hg _____________________
Note to all die-hard State QSO Party ops. This will alert you that, in honor of the 50th anniversary, or Golden Jubilee, of the QRP Amateur Radio Club International (QRPARACI) we are lining up as man
Methinks we should average all the scores, and calculate a handicap for each participant, and add it to that participants score, so that everyone has the same reported score. Only the organizer/scori
Doesn't the NAQP have a limit of 100 watts for all station? Why isn't it more popular? From http://www.ncjweb.com/naqprules.pdf 6. Output power must be no more than 100 W for eligible entries. Use of
Shucky durn, the best way to level the playing field is to add up all the scores, divide by the number of entries, and then figure a handicap so that everyone comes out with the exactly same score. I
From these data, one can only conclude that the people on the east coast are more competent contest operators than us dolts who live in other parts of the U.S.A. It's kinda hard to conclude anything
Tom: You have a point. Moving to Texas can be hazardous to one's health, especially if one comes from the Western Part of Virginny. You probably will have trouble understanding the local dialect - I
I really like the 7QP and the NEQP, for different reasons. New England is small enough to fit inside many of the western states. The 7th call area is large, but sparsely populated when compared with
I think this was discussed earlier, but I can't find it in a search of the archives (either too many or zilch hits on any of the phrases I chose). Do we need to specify in the Cabrillo file which tea
The solution is to run all contests like the WRTC. That seems to be "the" contest which tries very hard to level the playing field. Maybe we should ONLY judge contest operating skills on the basis of
when/where will the results of Thursdaze NS-Sprint be posted? Just curious. 73 de n8xx Hg QRP 99.44% if the time _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@con