It is logical. To make sure you heard it correct without any missing letters. A friend of mine initially thought choosing KH6HH would be a good choice. He changed his mind after a contest. Doug Free
You nailed it Mats! Thanks for your posting stating the challenges the team is exposed to. Much cheating goes on, and a lot of it is suppressed from view. I remember a DXpedition I was on where I wit
we and added the callsigns to the DXpedition log. Am I correct? Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. --Original Message-- Those call signs I prefer to keep for myself, b
The timing and 'resign immediately' - Wow. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. --Original Message-- After seven years as the volunteer Director of the CQ WPX SSB & CWCon
Hi, Think about this. If you conceal the rigs identity, how do readers know which rigs to avoid. By concealing you are endorsing the faulty rigs. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength an
Anyone who subscribes to the FTDX101D list will have read Rob Sherwood's June 4 post about bad transmitted broadband noise. Rob states from his experience who some of the bad boys are. One of the wor
Jim, Great post as usual from you. Yes real contesting and DXCC have been in decline. Glad to have been around in the 'good ole days' when there were challenges. Now we need to be spoon fed. Doug Fre
This bashing does not belong on CQ-Contest. Both posters N7TY and K9YC are guilty. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. --Original Message-- Agreed, thanks Jim 73 de Bruc
In last weekends WPX contest a US station was consistently operating on 14.150.50. Is this considered in-band or out-of-band? Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. -- This
What would be the advantage to operating this close to the band edge? The station I am referring to is on this reflector; maybe he would like to comment. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of str
KH6HH thought he had a special callsign until he tried it CW. Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
A UZ2 station called me on the second evening here. He was loud. I had to get him to repeat his call because I first believed a NA operator was mis-sending. EU stations were never heard here during t
It was logged as zone 16. I presume that was what he sent. It sure wasn't a state or province. Like I said, it sure is suspicious considering conditions, the strength of his signal, and the time of d
Yes let's take another step further. The contest station will be operator free. An AI computer will be reading and transmitting the contacts, turning the antennas, selecting the frequency, even turni
Yes it's all over even on 17m. N7DD couldn't hear it because of all the stations calling him :) Doug Free Climbing - The ultimate test of strength and technique. --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest
I can participate in any contest using my rules, not the contest rules. I can send 59/599 or not send 59/599. And I can watch the cluster spots. And I can run 1 watt over the legal limit. But I won't
If you are using a logging program the 59/599 exchange has already been pre-recorded. Why repeat something that has already been automatically entered in your log? Doesn't make sense. Doug Free Climb