I will always remember being called in the 1953 CW SS by W4KFC, in the 80m novice band - I was KN2EIU at the time. That treasured QSO inspired me to travel along the contest trail, that I still hobbl
It doesn't sound so crazy to me. Only the legitimate QRP contacts are being counted toward the final score, not the QRO ones. The QRO contacts are part of the "checklog", not the *real* log. What's
As far as I know, there is no technical reason for configuring your paddle to make dits with the thumb and dahs with the fingers. I think it's just a matter of convention. When I first started exper
Come on George. Your not really serious are you? With all the prefix's there are now? I don't know that I would agree with K5TR that it's *easier* to dupe with a paper dupe sheet in the Sweepstakes
If you can type fast, computer logging is faster and less fatiguing. Maybe its faster for you, but not this op. Working on "imporving your typnig" is a worthy goal, but I believe that typing proficie
I will always remember being called in the 1953 CW SS by W4KFC, in the 80m novice band - I was KN2EIU at the time. That treasured QSO inspired me to travel along the contest trail, that I still hobbl
It doesn't sound so crazy to me. Only the legitimate QRP contacts are being counted toward the final score, not the QRO ones. The QRO contacts are part of the "checklog", not the *real* log. What's
As far as I know, there is no technical reason for configuring your paddle to make dits with the thumb and dahs with the fingers. I think it's just a matter of convention. When I first started exper
My name is Inigo Montoya. You beat out my father in a pileup. Prepare to die. --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@co
No, the issue of "solicitations" and "round robin QSOs" was resolved quite clearly years ago in the CW and SSB Sprints. Round robin QSOs are *not* permitted. A: CQ CQ DE W1AAA B: W2BBB A: W2BBB W1AA
The rules are only ambiguous in the sense that they do not spefically enumerate every possible QSO solicitation scenario. If you do something that causes someone to call you, that is a solicitation,
Juno.com seems to have lost it's user database, so all message from CQ-Contest (and any other place) going to folks at juno.com are being returned. Of course, the subscribers at juno.com won't get th
I realize that 40 meters is an especially gnarly issue being such a small band and all, and I really like 40 CW, but I don't mind giving way one weekend per year to RTTY enthusiasts. Is a new set of
I have a similar situation here, adjacent to square miles of undeveloped forest but with 115 kV power lines crossing my property. They have never caused a problem, unless you count the time a 150-fo
I think web pages would be the best. Similarly, 3830@contesting.com would be an excellent place to post periodic messages that say "We have the following logs in hand thus far: ...]" But even this d
Nah, I think that many of the guys who are winning put so much energy into their stations that they bankrupt themselves of energy for QSLing. Keeping a competitive contest station going, especially
Actually I remembered that one, but I was only trying to list ones that took place during the last decade. The JY7Z operation was in 1986. I received a message from a guy in zone 28 asking when Samo
And wasn't W3KT doing this before Dick? --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Even if it would have no effect on the competitive balance (fat chance), it would be a real psychological disadvantage to know I was operating against a bunch of packet assisted guys. I have no acce