Contesting is not a zero-sum game; you have to make it easy for folks to work you efficiently. If you are busy and ID'ing, I will put you in the band map and come back to you later when you are less
I have done PSK31 a few times at home and more extensively in this past field day. I have discovered that if I have audio into the radio at a level high enough such that there is any ALC indication o
I got the WRTC2014 NCJ issue about a week before the contest and learned a lot of good stuff from it. Others here say that many of the contents had previously been on the wrtc2014 website, but it was
I have found, purely by accident, that switching to my K9AY loop to be very good as an omnidirectional RX antenna for a quick-look for domestic E-skip stuff on 12M and 10M. I don't understand why it
WB9SBD notes: me by name Several logging programs offer integration with qrz.com or hamcall databases. This is most obvious with e.g. RTTY macros where the macro comes back and calls me "Timothy". If
This was the first SSB Sprint where I made more than 1 QSO but I was still very part time just dabbling a little throughout the evening. I thought it was fun and enjoyed the quick chat with many of t
to be and Decent contesting form seemed to rule this past weekend. I only heard "please copy" a couple of times. Admittedly since I wasn't working US stations, my sample may have been biased. Maybe
first licensed" exchange is below. I'm guessing 1916, 1922, 1924, 1927 are club-founded-or-first-club-member-years (correct me if I'm wrong!) The cluster 1951-1980 is rather prominent with especiall
Double histogram below best viewed using fixed-width font. To the left of the year are "S"'s, one for each SSB QSO check from N3QE 2013 SSB SS log. To the right of each year are "C"'s, one for each C
To save typing effort, maybe the logging programs (just like the prefill 599 or 59 for RST in other contests) could prefill with MDC for all sweepstakes QSO's, and folks only have to type to correct
It's interesting to make a scatter graph of the "cloud" of Q's (on X-axis) vs Mults (on Y-axis) of 3830 scores for a CQ-zone. Color the dots of those who claimed assistance blue, and the dots of tho
Yuri VE3DZ asks: I can't answer as to what the organizers think, but I have done both contests. RDXC is actual hard work. IARU HF is just an incredible rate orgy. Especially this 2014's. It was amazi
In fact, I work way more DL's in WAE then I do in WAG!!!! Tim. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
I am frequently told that their logging software absolutely makes it impossible for them to log dupes. I don't think this is quite true (probably they just have to hit an "override" key combination)
I suspect that most of the contest organizers have a stage in log checking where they strip out meaningless suffixes like /QRP before cross-checking. Sort of like how I'm sure they ignore leading zer
It was in both US military and RAF phonetic alphabets up through 1956. I'm not much of a phone guy, but some of the better-remembered callsigns still use some of the older RAF phonetics. I definitel
The CQ contest logcheckers seem to support the "X-QSO" Cabrillo line for those who feel they do not deserve credit for a QSO, but realize that the other guy probably thinks there was a valid QSO. See
If someone had sent in a NAQP exchange, "NAME IS TIM QTH IS MD" I would put TIM and MD in my logger and they would show up in the Cabrillo. I would not put NAMEISTIM in the Cabrillo. If someone sends
Boycotting a contest will result in your opinion not getting heard. Participating in a contest, and particularly getting vigorous on-air participation from all mults you want to exist, will be a far
Struggled a little bit with N1MM last night. The stations I worked were properly sending their location as required by NA Sprint rules, but N1MM was having a cow (popping up new second entry windows!