The NCJ Sprints are coming up. SSB is next weekend (on the 4th UTC) and the CW Sprint is the weekend afterwards. These four hour contests are a real kick. You can find rules and some other helpful hi
Interesting thread about QSYing to other bands. I agree that is okay for the guy who answered the CQer to suggest a new frequency for a second QSO. It isn't proper for the CQer to do so. After that s
Congrats to K1DG and N2MG on their ability to discuss this in an open forum. This is a great example of sportsmanship and maturity. Because of this - the facts are not in dispute. Although, I wonder
One of my non-contest activities has been hanging out on six meters. As it turns out, it is possible for a single yagi station on six meters (albeit a pretty big yagi) to hear signals off the moon. R
I always thought Ward's call was N0A and he was sending TU all the time to thank you in advance for calling him. Beyond the nice feeling of thanking people for your QSOs, there are actually some othe
Interesting. If that is the case - would you be able to hear some non-linearity on a SSB signal? Also, if a strong station is near the frequency of a QRP station, would they be affected? What if they
It seems that the idea of the bands being conditioned by the RF activity during a major contest is being proposed. The observation that conditions seem to deteriorate after the contest has also been
I'm not sure, but I think it is the same weekend as the WPX contest. Bert K7RAT -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.
Thanks. Does anyone have a spare room for the FQP? Bert -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Perhaps the WPX should be moved up a weekend to remove the conflict. It is really sad that a few participants have to spread the word instead of having the contest sponsors do the work. I am looking
Ugh - team selection again... For the USA: Create a web site and let people put their call there if they are intereseted. Have a clear cutoff date. Come up with some kind of list of people to vote on
The TS-570DG is a terrible radio for contesting. From what I understand, it can't transmit and talk to a computer at the same time. Kenwood has been unwilling to admit there is a problem, and theref
Maybe it has been fixed - but when the radio came out, the CW would be interrupted when sending a command from the program. I had to add a feature to my logging program to inhibit polling the radio
When sending CW - and sending a command over the computer interface, the CW would be garbled. K8CC confirmed that some of his users have seen the same problem. Again, this might have been fixed in n
I think K3EST was quoted before announcing the USA team selection criteria for WRTC-1996 as predicting that "nobody is going to like whatever I come up with". It is pretty obvious to me that not ever
For those of you who might not know it, one of the biggest VHF contests is coming up this weekend. The ARRL June VHF Contest starts at 1800Z on Saturday and goes until 0300 on Monday. All bands > 50
Time to dust off my favorite complaint about the WAE rules: not making a distinction between single op and single op assisted. This situation has been in effect for over 10 years and makes it impossi
I would like to point out that the CW Sprint lists the number of band changes for the top ten stations. This easily shows who is using two radios and how much they are using it. Typically, one or tw
Anyone notice how there just aren't any real contests in April? We have the WPX SSB at the end of March, and the WPX CW in May. But - with the exception of the Poisson D'Avril contest on the first, t
Fellow contesters As you all know, WRTC-2002 will be taking place during the IARU contest coming up in about 10 days. A few of us get to go to Helsinki to enjoy the party, but the rest of us get to s