Operators that use artificial methods to stay awake should only qualify for the "assisted" categories :) ... Syl Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX Saskatoon, SK _______________________________________________ CQ-C
And how do we solve the problem of dozens of stateside contestants that were working DX stations like 3DA0WW around 14135 and lower in the CQWW SSB? In these cases we know that the "wrong" VFO is no
What does the last sentence mean? A. Reason for disqualification will only be shared with contest sponsors. B. Reason for disqualification will be shared with the contest community i.e. made public.
I finally went digital after years of procrastination. I played in the ARRL RTTY RoundUp and then emailed my log to RTTYRU@arrl.org. However, I unlike other ARRL contests I did not receive an acknowl
This posting is a bit off topic. I have been trying to reach Rob Locher, W7GH, at Idiom Press for a couple of weeks with no luck. After corresponding with him about mods to a rotator control card he
George I posted a similar question to this reflector about 2 months ago. Telephone calls, emails, fax and Skype calls went unanswered for 6 weeks before I made the post to this reflector and TowerTal
Well stated. Remember the days when it was exciting to see the evolution of a amateur radio technology from hand key & bug to keyers, independent rx & tx which you had to zero beat to transceivers,
Joe, Apparently there is a gentleman's agreement according to this WIKI entry ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WARC_bands ) which says "Due to their relatively small bandwidth of 100 kHz or less, there
You may find this article "The 24 Hour Dx Challenge" and the accompany survey on contesting.com http://www.contesting.com/articles/401 This approach has support. All it requires is a group to organi
During the WPX CW while condx here were good on 15m they were not great. Many low power EU signals were marginal. I noticed that I asked for more repeats from EU stations that were using cut number t
2011 ARRL DX SSB contest. No offense intended to ARRL, just a data point for comparison. Out of curiosity. How long did it take for 75%, 80%, 85%, 90% and 95% of the logs to be submitted? Syl - VE5Z
The post was to CQ-Contest first because I was unaware of this reflector Gosh comments like that are annoying and naïve! It assumes that a LP operator has never worked HP in a contest perhaps at big
Hans, A couple of years ago I ran into a similar problem. I sent him a rotator controller to repair. I didn't hear from him for months and I couldn't reach him by phone, fax or email. Eventually, I f
If your SSB signal is 3 kHz wide... And the top of 20 meters is 14.350 MHz... And you don't want any of your signal to be transmitted above the top of the band... Then your highest dial setting on a
It is not that they are transmitting below 14.150, it's that you're listening above 14.150. Of course! Excellent point! And I guess perhaps there was a bit of splatter too from a couple of big statio
Question: Which contest is a real boring contest? Answer: Any DX contest in any mode when your QTH is in VE5 and the Kindex > 2. The ARRL DX SSB contest last weekend qualified! Sometimes the CQWW qua
Pete Thanks for those hints. In particular the one about the "change tempo' feature in Audacity. I will definitely give it a try. It has been on my mind for a couple of years to modify my recorded co
Hi All The original 24- hour DX Challenge article can be found here http://www.contesting.com/articles/401 And the survey results are here http://www.contesting.com/survey/95 Syl - VE5ZX ____________
Ooops - I forgot about this survey question too which also addressed the 24-how challenge http://www.contesting.com/survey/176 Syl - VE5ZX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
A straight 24 hour contest is a short iron butt contest that discriminates against older and health constrained contestants as well as those who live in the northern and southern latitudes. Letting t