Because this is "Amateur" Radio by definition. Professionals can and do compete in the Bar-B-Que contests, Chili cookoffs, etc. 73, Rusty, na5tr _______________________________________________ CQ-Con
I challenge anyone to set up 2 or three golf club bags full of verticals over rocky soil in central Texas and out perform towers with Yagis at the same location. Yes verticals in a salt water marsh w
Hey Yuri, you know what might be fun? How about a stack of Yagis on some reasonable sized band, such as 15, 20, or 40, used in a contest, alongside an appropriately scaled set of phased verticals in
Greetings, all: A few years back QST had an introductory sort of article on what telnet is and how to use it. Does anyone remember or have available what issue that was? Thanks in advance, Rusty, na5
I guess I was lucky-- the ARRL sent me heads up messages for all 3 of my calls. I wonder if that is a member service? Rusty na5tr -- Original Message -- From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com> T
Sending your call at the end of the contest??? Even if it is just once??? What a waste of time!!! You could be making another Q! Just put your call on the summary sheet-- that should be sufficient. ;
Hey Rich-- do you suppose the Zitto sisters are still your age? ;>) 73, Rusty, na5tr _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.con
The great interest in the Super-Bowl? It's the great Soup and Pudding Cookoff! All of us Happy Eaters understand perfectly. NA5TR Bowl. ongoing -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland!
Hey Dave: Thanks for the info. I am saving your post for future reference. And please disregard the possibly irritating response of any "provincials from the south" who do not take your post in the s
Good point here about incomplete info, and now I will expose how little I have been operating... I am about to send my first attempt at uploading to LoTW, and I want to give the complete info. It has
Perhaps if there is enough interest a separate contest committee could sponsor, score and award a 24 hour contest on the same weekend with the same operating rules, except for duration, as the 48 hou
Actually, they have 400M, 800M, Mile, 5K,etc, sometimes run in conjunction with the Marathon. Not everyone has the real estate, budget, time resources, cooperative family or job, or whatever else to
Somabody else may also make this point....A 10 over 10 etc antenna system also helps on the receive end-- a humongous amplifier does not. 73. Rusty, na5tr nobody deaf -- The world's top contesters ba
As I have sat on the sidelines observing, with no dog in this fight, it has seemed to me that K1TT is primarily supplying evidence, and allowing the readers to draw their own conclusions. Yes he does
Hello folks: From a retired military air traffic controller-- we were taught proper radio phraseology-- who is also a retired military and airline pilot. I am also a currently active business jet pil
Mal, due to various conflicts, I have not been able to play in SS for a long time. I do plan to before long. But, following this thread, I have a real problem. I don't know what year I was first lice
FWIW: I have recently tried to get back into contesting, and for various personal reasons having nothing to do with the contesting community, have been unable. I hope to do so before long, but who kn
Joe, you echo my argument I circulated on Friday about tower height, and you have probably stated it better than I. Thank you for supporting the viewpoint. If we can get enough serious contesters to
I would like to suggest this thread consider something else--keeping the casual operator in the contest. I have read many comments about the necessity to have the casual operators in the contests-- t
I have seen stats suggesting that perhaps as few as one in 8 or 10 stations logged in CQWW even bothers to send in a log. Pete, thanks for your comment and suggestion. Your point about LOTW is well t