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
In your situation (operating from Texas, ARRL 10 Meter Contest, CW only), I would find it really hard to walk away from a rate of 109/hour in the first hour to hunt for mults, especially since there
I would either 1) not come back, or 2) come back with N2MG or DE N2MG but withhold the exchange until the DX acknowleged by callsign. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq
Rather than drilling holes in the suitcase, I made a plywood insert the size of the internal height and width of the suitcase and mounted the transformer onto it. It's not the transformer "rattling
This is the same as the system I use now, except instead of saying "A" I say "18" and instead of saying "F" I say "28". --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Admi
I think we can let this thread die now. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Originally there were no band change limits for multi-"single" operations. But turning all those knobs on the TX, RX and KW was a lot of work, so people got smart and then started setting up additio
When I toted my TS-850 to Ecuador in November I wrapped it in a bunch of bubble pack and put it in my giant Samsonite suitcase (most recently described on this mailing list by N6ZZ), along with my c
Wow, a band opening to the airport! In 1993 W6QHS picked up a 9" monitor and schlepped it to EA9 in a backpack, and I don't remember him having any hassles. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http:/
Here is a super-useful tidbit that KA6LAF gave me about running CT/TR/etc under Win95 that I'm filing it away for future reference. --Trey -- Yes, actually there is a way to do it...in the root direc
Precisely, or unless you are running CT during a multi-op effort and you *never* want Win95 to rear it's ugly head. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administ
Because he is a mutant. :-) --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Seems like I've heard lots talk through the years about "those Argentine novice stations with the LW prefixes," plus during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest lots of guys asked about how the LU call areas ar
1) There have been lots of messages to cq-contest@contesting.com this week that have been trapped by the "bogon filter". Please remember that cq-contest-request@contesting.com is the proper address f
Exactly. I believe the correct answer is not more *categories* but more *information* in the writeups. I believe one of the reasons the CW Sprint is such a terrific success is that it doesn't have a
I wouldn't see myself pulling up stakes and moving to South Dakota to improve my ham radio situation, however one of the great things about ham radio is that you can do it from anyplace on the plane
I signed up for the ARRL life membership around 1980 or so when it was still 20 years at $12/year. Back then I paid the $240 strictly to get the magazine, and I didn't care about any of the other st
Or count each QSO as 6 points. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
3830@contesting.com is the repository for post-contest score reports. You can check out the archive at http://www.contesting.com/_3830 K4ZAM does a heoric job of summarizing these reports on the cq-