I agree. Why would we not want another mult in the contest and a bunch of very good ops on top of it! The K5D pileups have been minimal. There are not listening up 2 to 20 on CW. Down or up a few and
Very sad news. I was just reading about John in a recent CQ aritcle. An amazing man. He will be missed. 73 John Mike W0MU One of my very best radio friends has died. http://yourerie.com/content/fullt
Simply log what they send. K = 1000 so does KW K and KW seem to be accepted. Other cut numbers need to be converted to numbers. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you
I just received the W2ENY headset. After trying them out I was very disappointed. This headset is a Frisby brand FHP-100. After doing a bit of research this headset can be purchased online for under
I can only recall one USA station call me but it was in a pile up and I was working the DX first. I agree it would have taken little time just to work you and move on. In fact, AD1C made a post about
I worked him too and heard W0AIH work them. I think it was them. I had them on 40cw already but it was a blast to bust that huge pileup, K5D or not. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a sl
So now we create scenarios why we should not be courteous? What if Aliens came down from the skies, what if.... What if didn't happen and this was not widespread. In Sprint SSB I took the time to exp
Yes they gave out the proper exchange. The online log does not give dates but the list is order of oldest contact on top. My last contact is 40m cw. It was for real. "A slip of the foot you may soon
All I have to say to all of this is I hope that these sentiments do not get out to the general population. We depend on these folks to fill the gaps and make Sundays bearable. "A slip of the foot you
The Amateur's Code The Radio Amateur is CONSIDERATE...never knowingly operates in such a way as to lessen the pleasure of others. LOYAL...offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs,
Felipe, The 40m op was giving out his power. I worked them and listened to the exchanges. I can't speak to the 10 or 160m operations as I didn't hear them. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, b
"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over." Ben Franklin --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contes
I think Dave's post worked perfectly. Some local hams contacted him and explained the situation and now the young man understands. He also just met some folks that might be able to get help him learn
Mark, I don't know that we do have different goals. Trying to compare a tennis match to a radio competition is apples to oranges. A tennis match is between two people. The radio contest is thousands
How about both! I think something you can wear is great. I would bet that the winners would be happy to pay for a medal or similar. "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue
Would using the beacon system to check propagation put you into the assisted category? I am all for the beacon network. What I don't like is the apparent feeling of ownership of the frequencies by th
My problem has been the emails received where the beacon people would like me to believe those frequencies are theirs which is not correct. They have no more right to use a frequency than any other l
You may certainly do that. Just specify what classification you want to be considered for in your Cabrillo log. The rest of your contacts will be treated as check logs. Please send in all your contac
Dave, I understand your point and Randy's. I think what he is trying to say that if one is not going make great effort to get the information correct then don't submit a log as the lack of effort wil
We need less apparent cheaters along with the sunspots. It was very disappointing seeing some of the stations affiliated with irregularities. Do Caribbean stations really need the extra help? Will an