K8DD has corrected me. QTE is bearing - QTF is position based on QTEs. QTF seems to be frequently misused like that, as I believe that is where my misunderstanding came from. QRM or interference - ca
N7ZG replied to K8IA: I just learned that our telecom authority has not been able to get a bearing on this signal. I first reported it a week or two before IARU - after I was finally able to get a be
W6WRT added: Quite a bit of effort is expended here before returning somebody's request as not-in-log. Would much rather find that I made a mistake than send something back. I think it was W7NI who w
Why the excitement about eQSL when the integrity of the DXCC program & other awards of significance have been shot for years by the likes of us who realize we are not the personification of logging p
K6LA asked: Dunno about the first, but the second sounds like something somewhere is mixing the audio from the two radios together on purpose. I currently record audio going to the headphones, so it
W1NR replied to NQ4I's question about lower-class license holders operating at a multi-multi: An amateur station being operating by a licensed amateur operator that is communicating with another amat
K0HB stated: No he is not. He is a control operator. He must be supervised by someone of a higher license class, or operate within the limits of his operator license. It is only third party when mess
K0HB added: What's China to do with this, Hans? 73, VR2BrettGraham _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
N5NJ clarified VR2BG: Right idea, wrong words - this guy on his own couldn't be a control op, but he may operate under the supervision of one - otherwise must operate within the limits of his operato
K8DO added: Not much point, as international third party is dictated by ITU. It is probably a national prerogative that makes domestic third party traffic in USA okay (example: NTS, which if I'm not
UA9CDC replied to DJ1YFK: The flip side of that is hopefully those who don't log the /QRP don't loose the Q in log checking. 73, VR2BrettGraham _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
There used to be a CQ WW Honor Roll published in CQ Contest Magazine. Between this & reviewing my UBN, I can both learn from my mistakes & see how I compared with others. Got a call from NQ4I on Skyp
EU1SA ppsted: IMHO, yes. After seeing in my CQ WW UBN that I lost Qs with a certain station & that station had a higher UBN rate in CQ WW Honor Roll, I made certain that I was really working that sta
N5NJ suggested to K3BU: "Beef" may not be quite the right word. -Ns happen & 40m SSB is probably the best place for it. Frustrating as the penalty may be, my reaction is to review each -N to learn wh
K5ZD's release of the latest SCP file gave me a chance to look at this. I go through the file, as there are a lot of duplicates in it (whether USA station having to sign /something for some contests,
W1VE-VE1RM replied (hyphen probably being better than forward slash ;^): For VEs in W, there is 97.107 & 97.119(g). The FCC explains a bit more about this at http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/
K7ACZ continued: The relevant document appears to be http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwapj/ric2.PDF/$FILE/ric2.PDF If a W citizen & resident has at least 5 wpm Morse proficiency
AA4LR replied to W1VE-VE1RM: I'm not a coder, nor do I play one on TV, but when I wrote the routine for my homebrew dBASE log so I could figure out what countries I worked where, I looked for a "/" i
K7ACZ continued about operating privileges for Ws operates in VE under W-VE Treaty: W7xxx should be signing W7xxx/VE7 for a start... Based on current rules & a 1952 treaty, it seems that since then a
ZL4BR in his 3830 post for ANARTS RTTY contest at: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2005-06/msg00176.html said: Over-the-horizon radar intruders in primary & exclusive allocations to t