Hi Mike: No Rich was 70 or so ...he had heart issues some years back ...but seemed to be in good health ..still climbing towers, still expanding the station. We were there for CQWW SSB in October
Pete: Yes ...I can't repeat this enough. Rich was the second of my close ham radio friends to go in the last few months ..seemingly in great shape (the other being Bruce W8MHW). Nobody else here
Interesting ... I did this for NAQP and SSCW without even thinking of it as anything other than efficient SO2R (not that it mattered ....I was operating from VE7 and no technique short of remote xcvr
Eh ...category shopping has been going on forever ..long before 3830. We have one guy up here who *always* does it. About the only place I would like to see it eliminated is in SS ...since power leve
Kelly: Agree with all with one additional factor. For most of us ....dueling pileups is just something that wouldn't cross our mind. The best operator out there ...operating from W6 or W4 ...just isn
Rich: Ya know I'm really not sure why. Mostly just sheer ignorance I suspect. SS, IARU, NAQP, and ARRL 10M are the only contests that I regularly do as Single Op. I don't really have the butt gl
Hey all: I agree with this one, though I don't think it will be very popular (and not just cuz Eric is my Hebrew Homeboy from Lawn Guyland). The argument over what consists of Assisted is going to be
Hans ..touche :) I operate unassisted in SS ..I do it because ..Assist would do almost nothing for me ...and ...tradition. I was Class A in 1977 as a 14 y/o, swearing I'd eventually be Class B ...and
Hi Scott: Will do my best ...if ..in return you can do one small favor for me ... Please send the SFI up and the A Index ....*way down* ...right now ....SFI of barely 100 ..A Index in the 30s means I
Best post yet on this subject (and not just because I'd trade my first born and a few sheep for guest slot at PJ2T). 73 Steve KL7SB --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@co
Ditto here ... What I will tell you has been an ethical conundrum is when I operate overseas ... I remember the first time I walked into the shack of a contest club in a country with a 400W limit ..I
Jim: I think there are written rules and unwritten rules. I was a guest to these folks ..and I would not abuse their hospitality like that. I'm not big on "victimless crimes" period ..but that is ano
FWIW : I don't think it is that common in the U.S. I like to run Lower 48 on 30M whenever I can ...since ..with the possible exception of Joe WL7E, I think I" m the only guy up here with a gain anten
Hi Martin: I think that is how the vast majority look at it. There are a group of international competitors ...D4C, CR3L, 4O3A to pull a few out of their hat. The rest of us are either competing with
Uggggggh ...again ... I don't think non assisted is a small fraction ..or at least I certainly don't now ..what I *said* is that 1) I was surprised by how popular it was ...I hadn't give it mu
Hi Brian: Wondering where you are looking for the groups ...I can't find any on Google Groups ..On Yahoo Groups I find .. "TS570_590 Group" which has only 7 members ...which to me would indicate that
Winner of the Internet 2015 ..Amateur Radio Division Steve KL7SB --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Radio K0HB Sent: Sunday, December 20, 20
FWIW (not much) ..and as someone who is only now taking SSB Contesting more seriously ... Noticed a whole lot of "Please Copy" in the RAC Contest from the Canadians ...it kinda goes with the whole po
That happens with operators using code readers who can't copy cw in their head. You get a tape delay effect ..your signal has to be loud enough ..and they need to be tuned exactly enough ..to decode
I think one has to look in the mirror ..and go ..."I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it ...I had a 250 Q hour in CQWWCW last year" Steve KL7SB/callsign of the month club Gee, for the l