A team of UA9CDV / R9DX will be in IARU contest as W3UA with setup similar to WRTC ( low tribander, pair of K3s and 100w). The purpose is to learn peculiarities of local propagation to get prepared f
Very well done Jose. Thank you much. I have enjoyed reading it. Couple of thoughts came to my mind. There are instances where one station can be heard on several frequencies. 1) Stations with parasit
Martin, That is true. Calling CQ on alternate freq is the rule violation. Anyway there are no clear defenition of what is considered alternating CQ. Is it every second CQ on a different frequency? Is
Charly, None has the right to call himself super station without skimmer installed and connected to RBN. Set up skimmer in HS land, bridge the gap and help yourself as well as many others. Then there
Signing once a minute on SSB would not warrant your call will be spotted on cluster. CW ID every ten minutes will. 73, Igor UA9CDC -- Original Message -- From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net
Chris, Thank you. Very interesting story about DL1A here http://www.darc.de/darc-info/referate/dx/contest/wag/en/ I think, you should consider the approach used by CQWW contest and allow so called XQ
IMHO frequency of IDind is used as a tool for pileup control. To force everybody to ID every QSO will take this tool away from running stations Then low power/simple antenna stations will find themse
Or... you may choose assisted cathegory in WPX :) 73, Igor UA9CDC OR.. as a little pistol, and knowing full well that my point to him is as valuable as it willbe.. I may elect to let him find me, lat
It is even more annoying, when some Multy answers your CQ, you give him a report and he does not come back immediately because 2 or 3 other operators of that multy keep ptt locked. At the same time t
Scott, It is never ending story. In responce to these IDers the rule will be modified saying that the speed of the IDer should not be more then 20WPM :) 73, Igor UA9CDC I think I just found a new bus
Hans, Then it is quite logical that if call or exchange info in one of these two logs is incorrect, then both stations are penelized in one way or another.Right now, if you and I are in the contest Q
Mike, I am sure you are pretty safe at 100W level running on different bands. 73, Igor UA9CDC -- Original Message -- From: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> To: <cq-contest@contesting.c
Hank, Thanks a lot for publishing that 1998 explanation from N6AA. This is an excellent stuff on the subject and should go into all contesting textbooks. 73, Igor UA9CDC N6AA on pileup management - 1
Dave, These rigs are fine (well, acceptable) when they are used barefoot at 100 W. But there are quite a few contest stations that run amps (often exceeding 1500W) and then they indeed have advantage
I thought contesting and ham radio in general are supposed to help to overcome political issues and unite people with passion to radio. IMHO this act of the CQWW sponsors is pushing ham radio in oppo
Hans, thank you. You got it absolutely right. Why should a boy who only loves radio and contesting, why should he be penalized for whatever political games happen around him. Why CQ magazine deprives
Thank you CQ. We all make mistakes, but only clever and brave people know how to correct them. I hope, the response will be very high activity in the contest. R9DX has left today for Madeira and we a
Dave, Can you support your statement regarding the number of participants in RDXC, IARU and WPX with solid figures? ARRL, that was part of 2014 WRTYC selection, for me is truly regional contest where
Sure Hans, Contest is comprised of TWO WAY CONTACTS and this one makes you do all you can to assure the other side of QSO gets everything right in his log. Of course it is more complicated then when
Dave, In comparison of ARRL vs RDXC as contests suitable for selection, there is one more important point. RDXC is world wide, mixed mode 24 hour contest and therefore mimics IARU much better then AR