Let's have 30-minute practices at 22Z Thursday (11 November) and 01Z Friday (12 November) for the WAE RTTY contest this weekend. As usual, the earlier practice is better for European stations while t
The ARRL didn't move the RTTY Round-Up. It has always been defined as the first full weekend of January unless New Years is on Saturday. 2011 is one of those years and the primary issue with NAQP CW,
Yes, but less so. While basically the same amount of spectrum, the sub-band usage is different. The JA RTTY sub-band is 3520-3525, but for NA propagation, that will be long after NAQP is over. The re
This issue is not about technology. It is about the definition of Single-Op competition. The category simply requires the operator to tune his receiver to find stations to work, without technology, o
Hi, Dick! Thanks to you and the several others who have contributed to this thread. I agree with most of the points and admit that I do get anxious when contest exchanges are not snappy. I suspect, t
Thursday, 6 January: 2200-2230z Friday, 7 January: 0200-0230z Friday, 7 January: 2200-2230z Saturday, 8 January: 0200-0230z This should be plenty of opportunity for testing setups. The earlier times
CQ WPX RTTY runs this weekend followed by SSB in March and CW in May. Whatever the propagation, there will surely be plenty of activity (and fun!) for everyone. While WPX was designed as a DX contest
Submitted logs for last weekend's CQ WPX RTTY contest passed the 1500 mark a few minutes ago. Thanks for the timely submissions. If you haven't gotten yours in, be sure to do so by the deadline of 1
Sorry for the late announcement, but NCCC is holding a practice session for NAQP RTTY tonight, in just over an hour from now, at 0200-0230Z. 20, 40 and 80 should be usable and it is probably prudent
2250 logs have been received for the CQ WPX RTTY contest two weeks ago. The log submittal deadline is just two days away now, so please send in your log if you haven't already done so, using either:
Here is a breakdown of the logging software used across the 2687 logs submitted for the 2010 CQ WW RTTY contest. This gives a somewhat different picture than the AA5AU survey. I was amazed at the bre
Doug, N6TQS, posed: That is a huge array of data, but looking at the software used by the top 5 finishers in each of the 22 entry categories in aggregate: Logger Total -- N1MM Logger 36 Win-Test 27 W
Make plans to operate the NA RTTY Sprint this coming Saturday (00-04z Sunday, 13 March). If the sprint format is troublesome or you think you lose too many "jump balls", just fine a clear frequency a
Hank, N8XX, asked: I meant just the opposite. "CQ and move" for every QSO. My point is that some people find it intimidating and frustrating to call CQing stations when there is a pile-up, or "jump b
RTTY Sprint logs are due 04Z Sunday (Saturday evening, NA time) at which time log checking will commence. Pre-publication results are expected on the NCJ website by Monday. One log had 141 unique cal
conversational voice and the hole will focus the audio waves sufficiently. Ed - W0YK Ron, KU7Y, asked: _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c
Ray, ND8L, asked: The results article is in the May issue of CQ magazine, as it is every year. The issue is printed and being distributed now. The updated online scores database as well as a PDF of t
Fall is almost here, which means the opening of CQ WW season with RTTY on 24-25 September. This is arguably the most popular RTTY contest of the year with over 15,000 stations participating last year
The robot for the NCJ NA CW Sprint hasn't been completely configured and is rejecting submittals, saying the date/time is incorrect. Please QRX while the robot elves get it straightened out. Ed - W0Y
Yes, that's right. At 0700z today (11 Sep), the robot configuration was fixed and logs after that time went through fine. Those submitted prior to the fix were automatically resubmitted without actio