This is a reminder that the CQ WW160 CW is this weekend. Complete rules are on the CQ Magazine web page under Info center. Please send along a cabrillo log to 160cw@kkn.net and make sure you have a c
Please use the cabrillo output from your logging program or perhaps use one of the cabrillo converters that are available. PLEASE do not homebrew a cabrillo log. This is why contest directors and che
I worked WA6ZZK. The biggest beam in the South belonged to K4SKI in North Carolina. He had a 100 foot boom made from Rohn 25 and started with 9 elements but cut that 8 in the early 70's. A friend, MP
I got on and worked several pages of DX mostly cross band. The most serious problem I noted was you never know who is working who. By that I mean say CN2R is listening on 7254 and W4XX calls on that
I think if you ask IR4X or CN2R that they would say the problem with logging QSOs that were being made with another Dx station is a big, big problem. Why would CN2R ask over and over "are you calling
The deadline for CQ 160 e CW Logs has passed. If you want to correct your log or submit the log please send it to me at the e-mail address shown at the end of this message. I will decide if you are a
The ARRL tried to go to an international format 25 years ago (or more). They quickly changed back. Remember ARRL is the National Society for the USA and represents RAC (Canada) by agreement for the A
At one point the ARRL DX had a high band (20 to 10) and a low band (160, 80, 40) category. Dave K4JRB up At gets _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@con
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:44:57 -0500
One of the early articles on LDE's was by W6QYT who was a PHD at Stanford. He prined his article in a 1969 QST. He listed some stations that heard LDE's from the 1940's to 1969. I seem to remember he
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:02:13 -0500
I am using the restrictive cabrillo robot at kkn.net starting this year. Make sure your log is cabrillo. I found in testing that the name must be correct (CQ-160-CW or CQ-160-SSB) and check the categ
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:26:43 -0500
The correct e-mail address for the CQ 160 CW is 160cw@kkn.net For the SSB section the correct address is 160ssb@kkn.net Sorry for the comedy of errors. Be sure to tale the mode out of the category SI
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:11:51 -0500
The SSB Section of the CQ 160 Contests is this weekend. Please note the following: The e-mail address is 160ssb@kkn.net The contest is CQ-160-SSB. The kkn robot does not like the mode (SSB in this ca
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 01:46:57 -0500
I was busy setting up my low band position at my station and was listening to the hundreds of European signals between 3650 to 3750 (plus some Africans and Central America). I was marveling at how st
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:38:26 -0500
Guess I am old school but I would hate to see most contests (especially DX Contests) turned into sprints. Time management was a big factor with contests years ago when you could only operate so many
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 16:41:51 -0400
Thanks to WA7BNM I have his 2004 claimed scores in sorted order and find that I have over 60 CW and 30 SSB claimed scores that did not turn in a log. We had some problems with e-mail addresses at fir
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:57:16 -0400
I tried a general request but got plenty of responses from those I had logs but only one or two from the missing claimed logs. I am only listing CW logs over 50K. There are a number below that point.
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:59:03 -0400
I found that I am missing two other big logs for the 2004 CQ 160 CW as reported on the 3830 reflector: DK8ZB N5OT 73 Dave K4JRB CQ 160 Director logs to 160cw@kkn.net -- The world's top contesters bat
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:16:34 -0400
I have the last hand logs from CQ and still have a number of logs that are listed on the 3830/WA7BNM lists that have never been received. This is the last call for the following logs: (100K +) CW DK8
Author: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:37:36 -0400
Several have received a spoof message from (supposedly) the CQ 160 robot at kkn.net. Ignore it as I have all the logs and am in the process of getting the top 200 claimed scores ready for the CQ web
I remember W5DRI who could work them with the best in the late 50's early 60's. I also remember WA4HOM (Trey's mother), W5CME (Shirley)and carole OH5SM so there have been good YL ops. And I did not l