We already have "DX Marathon" but that's a year, not a weekend. I would be opposed to a "contest" that only counted countries+zones. That sounds like the old ARRL DX Contest Quota system, where the Q
Can we start having "confession" postcards we send to the OO's or something? :-) Tim N3QE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://list
N4ZR suggests: Often times the official reason given for disqualification is not the only possible reason for disqualification. It's just the one that was easiest to find and prove. Like putting Al C
of this, potentially and ARRL contest contest can be claimed for surely some done. It could start Imagine the potential increase in For a little while in the 1960's or 1970's, the ARRL DXCC desk woul
OH6LI suggests: In WPX there's a huge point advantage to working the DX on low bands instead of working locals on high bands. It's a factor of six. But right now N1MM doesn't even tell me points per
I have two Eagles at home and contest with them extensively. Both have worked flawlessly. I also get to guest operate at many famous shacks using K3's. The Eagle is entirely comparable to the K3 in t
Randy, what I have been doing recently is choosing a "comparable station" on the scoreboards. Someone in my region who has a station not too differently capable than mine, or a little better than min
WN4AFP asks: I looked into this a few years back, using public CQ WW logs, and came to the conclusion that no N3FJP user was in danger of being a contender for a top spot. There were, however, conten
Eric - I am certain that this function will exist electronically in some TU's from the 70's/80's. The more traditional way of handling this is to configure the stunt box so that CR by itself does CR+
Get on the air tonight (Friday) and Saturday AM and test out your station and macros for SS CW in two practice sessions! Friday night 9:30PM-10PM East Coast time (0130-0200Z). Anticipate that most ac
AF5CC asks: Especially Sunday evening there was a lot of thunderstorm noise from a storm running from midwest through mid-atlantic. For me it was worst on 40M around sundown and then later in the nig
"The declining sunspots will make participation decrease even more than it has." I recently reviewed the past 60 years of CW Sweepstakes (since the mid-1950's) results in QST and the top number of Q'
In the very first ARRL Sweepstakes, in 1930, winner W1ADW made 153 QSO's with 43 of the 68 possible ARRL sections. In 1930 the sweepstakes lasted 2 solid weeks starting January 18. I am never going t
Get on the air Friday night and Saturday AM and test out your station, microphone, make audio adjustments, and practice with your computer logger for Sweepstakes SSB, in two practice sessions! Friday
Please help the Potomac Valley Radio Club celebrate its 70th anniversary by working special event calls N4P, N4V, N4R, N4C, W3GRF, and W3AU December 24 through December 31. QSL info: https://www.qrz.
Art, you are real high up among the KU's in N3QE's log! KU8E and K5KU slightly ahead of you, but you are ahead of 101 other KU's! group by hiscall order by count(hiscall) desc; +--+--+ +--+--+ +--+--
Doug, this is a brilliant. I've been making scatter plots like this myself for a while based on 3830 reports but of course the data there is comparatively incomplete. And of course we all heard those
Clearly the guy sending "TT" had twice as much power as the guy sending "T". HI HI. I got several "LO" and "LOW"s, not just from SA but also EU. I heard a couple "TTT"'s that I was able (by back and
Please join me for a practice/warmup/equipment checkout NAQP RTTY session: 8PM-8:30PM East Coast Time Thursday night 7PM-7:30PM Central Time Thursday night 6PM-6:30PM Mountain Time Thursday night 5PM
Please join me at 0100Z July 20 - that's 9PM EDT and 6PM PDT Thursay nightfor a NAQP RTTY practice session. We will meet up on 14080+, 7080+, and 3580+ to try out our NAQP RTTY macros and exercise ou