Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:49:03 -0500
Rhetorical question: if you're not planning on submitting a log for the contest, and are not in the contest, are you bound by the contest rules? 73 Rich NN3W _________________________________________
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:03:27 -0500
There should not, should not, should not be any contest activity on the WARC bands. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:48:33 -0500
According to DX summit, DD4B commenced CQing on 14.124 at 1251z. You can't really say that he was on your frequency as he was 1.5 KHz above from 14.122.50 and, with 250 Hz of filtering, would very li
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:26:25 -0500
I tend to agree. The amount of QRM from RTTY during NAQP CW is significant. As WF3C notes, RTTY contesting is getting more popular each year. Looking at the ARRL RR spots, there was RTTY activity as
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:34:04 -0500
Gotta say, I agree. And its doubly unfortunate that this has come up. I had contemplated a serious effort this year in the NAQP CW. That won't be happening now, and, at best I'll do the SSB leg since
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:38:01 -0500
Good choice. While we're at it, how about adding Washington, D.C. as a multiplier? ARRL DX, ARRL 10, CQ 160, and others all do it. Plus, its not as if there is no activity from DC. Indeed, there were
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:36:55 -0500
No, its not a state, but as I mentioned before, several contests recognize the District as a distinct entity - worthy of a multiplier. ARRL DX, CQ 160, ARRL 10, etc., all list DC as a multiplier. So,
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:50:29 -0500
Nobody is requesting that DC be considered as a new section. Indeed, the ARRL's criteria for a section are usually predicated on a population base of 7,000 to 10,000. That's not what is being suggest
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:07:48 -0500
Need to remember that the ARRL itself has stated that the band plan is essentially null and void during contest weekends because of the overwhelming number of stations that are QRV during the contest
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:58:01 -0500
True Steve, but the August test is a very different animal from the January test. Mississippi in January... 2011 (claimed): KL9A N5KO/6 N6MJ 2010: KL9A N5KO/6 N6MJ 2009: KL9A N6MJ N5KO/6 2008: N6MJ N
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:00:41 -0500
I'm not saying I feel bad about it. Its a simple fact. Winter propagation favors longer distances with long skip. Long skip typically favors hams in the west part of the country where the skip zones
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:01:56 -0500
thats pretty much how I do it. A little will depend on the contest - some events you need to coax folks out a bit and do the CQ TEST routine. In other contests (CQWW and ARRL DX), its all business. F
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:17:53 -0500
I've had situations on a second radio where it has reset (Orion) and the radio will poll the band but not the exact frequency. Apparently radio hardware resets or erros are not permitted in RDXC now.
Author: "Richard F DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:32:11 -0500
Either consider that or consider making the CW and SSB in the same weekend (similar to the WAG contest). 73 Rich NN3W -- Original Message -- From: "Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc@gmail.com> To: "Mats Strandbe
Hah. I proposed this a couple years ago. Got lots of derision for even suggesting it. 73 Rich NN3W I think will be very good if you declare the category you will choose for a contest, BEFORE the cont
Erm, the competition for ARRL SS is actuall quite fierce. We even had a "circle" controversy a couple years back. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
Currently, it is strict circle distance... 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
Forwarded for the general masses. 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contes
48 hours? No, not in favor of that. There are enough 48 hour marathons. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m