As Tim, K3LR pointed out the message was aimed at the 2007 CQ WW 160 only. Dave K4JRB CQ 160 Director _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
The KT-34XA is a beam that must be assembled right to work right. Mine was originally a KT-34X (the X means extended boom). I had great luck with mine winning several ARRL and CQ WW plaques and singl
This is one of the secrets you have to learn from your location. Take a best guess and refine for next year. Dave K4JRB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
Years ago the SS preamble (exchange) was very long and CK was to act as the word count for the message. The check was to be the year first licensed and clubs such as W1OP and W6YRA can probably send
NIL happens for two reasons: 1. On either CW or SSB the timing is right so you log K4 bla bla and the other station logs W9 three letter. 2. On SSB (especially on 40 split) you are working stations (
I pulled out my old Nel-tech voice keyer to work with my even older Icom in my small 10 meter ARRL SSB effort and noticed that when I pushed the kilo 4 button I was asked for my prefix every time. I
Doug, Some of these were active much earlier than 1961. I have not looked at my logs or QST/CQ but they may go back to the mid 1950's. After coming on the air with my General in 1958 I worked all or
Back in the late 1960's I used sky blue fiberglass paint on two different quads. The last time I helped paint a quad we used the fiberglass paint used to coat garage floors. Still good after almost 1
I remember working VS6DO in a number of contests in the 1980's usually long path from Atlanta. One year in the CQ WW SSB he was booming in over South America at 20 over 9 on 10. Funny but I remember
RE: UN7MMM as UN7MMMM and JJ2CJB as JJJ2CJB The robot at kkn.net expects the call in the subject of the e-mail and in the QSO line as call sent. The wrong call was entered in the qso lines it appears
For a number of years W2RU and myself have asked that the line scores be put back in QST. The answer is too expensive and no one reads. If its true that contesters spend a lot of $$$ then that should
For my little effort on 10 meter Single band my logging program gave the following CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP 10M Low. Whn I look at my log the power is blank. Whay happened to LOW? I see nuerous logs that
A couple of the gang pointed out that the ARRL consider all single band entries as High Power or actually no power advantage. I did see a few of the entries did have C or B indicating High or low pow
I looked at my log and several LU's sent 1 kilo which I have always logged as K. I put exactly what they say in my contest log (K, KW. 1000). I remember KH6BZF sending 59 thousand which I logged as 5
Three things to consider about the SS in 1958: 1. You had to pick the best 40 hours out of a total of 73. 2. CW and phone ran at the same time so you had to pick your mode. 3. There was a QSO multipi
I agree that once its over, its over. BUT there is a way to make some changes presented by the comments made by the contest robot. Most of us have gotten such messages even if the log has been accept
I bet that KP4 is not sending in a log. If he does all QSOs made are worthless. Such an instance is not uncommon in contests. How about the following which happened to me over the years: 1. The Dx st
Randy, K5ZD makes a valid point comparing the old paper log days to current PC logging. With the PC and the internet and spotting nets comes the ability to make changes to the log which violates the
I am wondering what the ARRL Contest desk would do with this report. Most spots are valid even those by excited club members associated with the Dxpeditions. The only valid violations are the entrant
Digital (mostly RTTY) changed the landscape on 40. It used to be 7000 to 7040 was CW, 7040 to 7050 was RTTY, 7050 to 7060 was any mode, and 7060 to 7100 was SSB. Remember KP4 et al have 7075 to 7100