The Olympics aren't always held in Greece. Barry W2UP Why hold the Rose Bowl in the Rose Bowl? There are lots of other stadiums! 73, Paul, N8HM On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Barry <w2up@comcast.ne
Kelly, That was true 30+ years ago, but the American population has shifted south and west. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinking_cities_in_the_United_States Most midwest US cities have
I plan on playing around in WAE next weekend - nothing serious as working Europe from Colorado is too depressing. In the contest, each US call area is a mult. My question is: Should I sign W2UP or W2
This has been the majority opinion. Just my call, no /0 (or should I sign W2UP/0/QRP??) Did a little listening on 20m this morning. A few weak EUs, but doesn't look good... Barry W2UP On 8/9/2016 11:
Create your own ionosphere: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/air-force-plasma-bomb-radio-communications/ Barry W2UP -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https
I will be traveling to VK and ZL later this month into mid-October. I'll be on a tour, staying in downtown hotels and have some free time in Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Queenstown and Auckland. If
One simple solution is to give everyone credit for their own country and country's zone(s) on each band. Barry W2UP Answer: Because it's a DX contest! A better question is, why are we all forced to w
And what will that do for you? Barry W2UP John KK9A One simple solution is to give everyone credit for their own country and country's zone(s) on each band. Barry W2UP _______________________________
To me, it seems more wrong to have to potnetially make hundreds of QSOs that accomplish nothing. This is a way to eliminate the problem and it puts everyone in a given country on equal footing. Barry
During CQWW this weekend, I was thinking how Morserunner has killed the thrill of contesting for me. With Morserunner, I can run 300-400/hr all day long. There's no sunspot minimum, no K index of 4,
Here's a little secret from the old days: When ZL1AMO operated from some of the rarer spots and generated massive pileups, he'd often listen DOWN 1, after sending UP. I worked him in several placess
Kostas, I don't know about the cheating or uploading any scores. I always play MR in HST mode. CTL-F9 to start. A 10 minute run with fixed parameters. I'm not aware of any way of cheating, but who kn
Congrats, Dan. Absolutely amazing! I'm curious to hear how you and the others doing this handle contests where there's actually an exchange to copy. 73, Barry W2UP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3n
I like Jose's nomenclature. Why? Because if mere mortals do this for anything length of time, you are going "2 B sick." Barry W2UP 73's Filipe Lopes CT1ILT - CR6K F4VPX - TM3M OK, this is driving me
What's wrong with it is those of us who like to move quickly up and down the band, not anticipating the TEST at the end, will start replying after the callsign ends. Haven't you ever noticed you're o
Ron - Is it the other op's fault? It's the CW equivalent of "please copy." You decide :-) 73, Barry W2UP Also, sometimes you "get" suffixes only because the sending station is trying to "tail end" an
Among all the shifting, spotlight Es yesterday (from Colorado), I heard 9J2BO calling guys and a TZ5 called me. So far, this morning, nothing, one hour past sunrise. Barry W2UP On 12/10/2016 23:00, J
Just say no to paper QSLs. While they may have sentimental value, they are an anachronism. I used to QSL 100% received. In 2009, when I downsized, cleaned house, and moved across the country, I decid
I find it interesting how a few non- or barely active contesters, like K0HB, always stir up such a ruckus with a contrarian view. Barry W2UP In response to your request for an example: UT5UGR http://
I like the corded Dell SK-8115. I first got it with a desktop probably 20 years ago, and liked it so much, I bought a few extras on Ebay. Even brought it with me to EU several times for the IARU High