Sorry for the delay in posting this; I have been without internet access for the past month (over 3300 e-mail messages waiting for me - thank you CQ-Contest, Towertalk, and 3830). Anyway, I encounter
This question is mainly geared towards those in the midatlantic region, but it's relevant to virtually everyone who works domestic contests, particuarly from the coasts. My QTH is in Maryland and I'm
Shelby, May you never become a lawyer! This definition is so full of holes I don't know where to start: 1. By the above definition, all stations using packet assistance are SO2R, as they have more t
This recent thread about tactics to find/keep a run frequency has made me wonder about a particular scenario that I often encounter in contests. Often, while running, I will have someone come on my f
Does anyone have an e-mail address for K8DX? The one listed on his homepage, QRZ, and Buckmaster bounces. Or Scott, if you read this, could you drop me an e-mail. Thanks. 73, Nat, WZ3AR
find a reading radio. You ARE NOT Funny, as I understand it, packet can't *WORK* people for you. Call me old-fashioned, but working people efficiently still requires skill. In fact, it takes a lot of
Fellow contesters, Today I received an e-mail from the name "ARRL Contest robot" that was titled "UNABLE TO PROCESS LOG SUBMISSION." The text of the e-mail went as follows: "(This is an automatic rep
Every now and then there is a CQ-Contest thread dealing with good antennas to use on 80m in SS (a good summary of one of these threads is at http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/sweepstakes_ant.txt). The common
I received a QSL card from AB1J a few days ago confirming a contact that we made in the IOTA contest along with a typed letter dated July 30, 2003. Here is an excerpt from that letter: "What I would
Since my post to the reflector a few days ago I have received lots of e-mails, both from people who share my viewpoints and those who have opposing viewpoints. After sifting through all of them, ther
Bob, Not to worry, you'll get your list. I received a ton of responses from my post, many of them off the reflector, and I'm still in the process of weeding through all of them. 73, Nat, WZ3AR
Does anyone know of a keyboard currently available that has the function keys on the left side rather than along the top above the row of numbers? I used a keyboard like this at N3HBX's QTH during th
for the Exactly! Don't expect to get WAZ, 5BWAZ, WPX, or USA-CA using LOTW. 73! Nat, WZ3AR -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional
Mike, Not quite. According to http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/10-meters.html, in the ARRL 10 everyone works everyone. 73! Nat WZ3AR -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! TH
Fellow Contesters, I'm currently going to school at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. I was walking to class one day last semester and I noticed a HF tribander on a building on campus. My later inq
I've come to realize after watching the hundreds of posts about SO2R on the reflector over the years that a lot of people don't understand why there are different categories in contests. There is a m
Has anyone tried the Heil FS-2 footswitch in contesting? It looks like it might be easier to key than many of the other footswitches that I have seen but I'm wondering what other contesters think. Al
Does anyone on this list have a trashed Heil Proset headset available that they would consider selling me? I'm looking for a working mic/boom from a Proset to put onto another (non-Heil) set of headp