If you work it, then log it. Leave it to the judges to decide whether or not it counts as a valid QSO. In the worst case, it will be considered a duplicate QSO. There is no penalty for dupes in an e
Henry has been posting his monthly magazine recap for quite a few years now, and ever since he began I have noticed that we no longer get 2-3 postings/month from people saying, "I still haven't gott
Messages sent to a contest log alias at arrl.org are saved in a couple of different places. This message was caused because there was an issue with one of the ways that these files are saved; I fixe
Since the trip ZL9CI Campbell Island trip I've received heaps of mail from folks interested in the web-based log server we used. I have made the code available on an "as is, use at your own risk" bas
This will be the topic of an upcoming NCJ article. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
It's no longer Billy Lunt's watch. It's Dan Henderson's watch, and he's getting heaps of support from his manager, Bill Kennamer. That was then. This is now. N6TR identified a problem in how the ARR
Who is wasting whose time? You are the one sitting there, not moving the dial, getting yourself frustrated. Don't let yourself waste time like that, and don't get yourself all worked up, just grab t
If you need to do this as a workaround for some kind of Y2K problem, then after the contest you should go back and edit the ZL1ANJ.LOG file with a program like DOS EDIT and correct the dates with th
This is the impact of the new 1-point QSO rule as observed in by this station in California: o I logged *all* QSOs with W's this year rather than just saying "KB4xxx 59-some number" then not logging
A brief comment here: back in the Bad Old Days[tm] it was really important to make sure you had your log scored right and that all of your multipliers were accounted for properly. It is still import
I disagree. In the Sweepstakes there are 79 valid sections. Each station you contact must be in one of these sections. Your log should contain your interpretation of which of the 79 valid sections t
For anyone considering a last minute trip to Dayton... --Trey, N5KO -- -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
One of my computer geek buddies turned me onto a cool book last week called The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802713424/o/qid=932429529/sr=8-2/002-0227693
Simply give your call phonetically when the DX station indicates he is ready to take calls, possibly as in one of the following manners: o CQ Contest CQ Contest this is Hotel Charlie Eight November
DX: K9NA Thank you. QRZ de DX call (5) Big problem. Now KE9NA has to crash through the pileup *again* to straighten things out, and now you have a big mess on your hands. And thirdly, consider what
Don't panic. This happens often (let's say 50% of the time for a "large piece of data" such as a callsign sent phonetically), but it's ok because you get another chance to send your call phonetically
One of my computer geek buddies turned me onto a cool book last week called The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802713424/o/qid=932429529/sr=8-2/002-0227693
Simply give your call phonetically when the DX station indicates he is ready to take calls, possibly as in one of the following manners: o CQ Contest CQ Contest this is Hotel Charlie Eight November
DX: K9NA Thank you. QRZ de DX call (5) Big problem. Now KE9NA has to crash through the pileup *again* to straighten things out, and now you have a big mess on your hands. And thirdly, consider what