Thanks to all for your comments. It's greatly appreciated. The answer is better to be in the log than not, so work 'em regardless. I've taken the liberty of posting the response from Mark, N5OT as to
I'm compiling a list of the stations who worked th DC multiplier on all 6 bands during the ARRL DX Contests from 2005 until now. Only one station worked me om all 6 this year, and it was only on CW.
While the dialog has been invigorating, it is time to re-focus. My ONLY issue is making the District of Columbia, where my station is located, a multiplier in the NAQP contests. I do not have a stati
Thanks to K0RC for his excellent spreadsheets, which I've promoted in our PVRC Newsletter. In order to make getting this one that much easier, I created a link from Tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/2g54al
The Potomac Valley Radio Club is proud to announce that renowned audio and RFI expert Jim Brown, K9YC, will be making a presentation to the PVRC at Capitol College in Laurel Maryland on Tuesday, Octo
I, too, live in a rare mult (Washington, DC) for some contests (ARRL 10, RTTY Roundup and DX; CQ 160) and run into the dilemma Dennis refers to. My answer is the same as Steve's, although I more ofte
For the first time in 10 years (or more), I wasn't able to get on for this contest. Question: Who was on from DC? I saw a couple of spots for 4U1WB and know that NN3W made a handful of Q's from his o
All, The recent posts by K1ZM, K3NA, K8MR and PY5EG highlight what has been missing from this discussion...a call to action. It appears that the first step in any attempt to discredit the culture of
Joe -- While I appreciate (but don't necessarily understand) your position, but am compelled to ask the following question: If a contest sponsor decides to make all logs submitted for their contests
I received a solicitation for QSOs, too. As Steve did, I questioned the legality of this, so declined to join the chat. The fun (well, maybe) of contesting is working through messy pileups from a med
Two items to think about: - Buried at the end of the 2007 IARU results in the March QST is a short listing of the station that were disqualified with word the effect that their entries were incompati
I've been asked list list the stations/operations disqualified from the 2007 IARU HF contest. The item below is from the IARU HF Contest writeup, page 84 (last paragraph) in March 2007 QST. The Web v
I can't speak to this specific incident, but this is *very* common for those of us considered by some to be 'rare' mults. Eric W3DQ Washington, DC _______________________________________________ CQ-C
For those of you who are not members of the RSGB or don't see RadCom, there is a great article on CW Skimmer by Steve Ireland, VK6VZ that should not be missed! VK6VZ (and Phil Harman, VK6APH) has a r
I'd say he's honest. Check out http://www.om-power.com Can you say HIGH power :-) Eric W3DQ Washington, DC -- Re: [CQ-Contest] DUMB CUT NUMBER To: Eric Hilding <b38@hilding.com>, cq-contest@contestin
And to think that the managers of the NAQP contests have consistently refused (I still have the emails!) to add DC as a multiplier unless I would *guarantee* that there would be activity from the Dis
FYI... Eric W3DQ Washington, DC -- "From 4 February the US Technician and General class amateur licences are no longer valid for CEPT reciprocal licensing. At its January meeting, the CEPT's Radio Re
I'm the editor of the Potomac Valley Radio Club's (PVRC) Newsletter, where we published Pete Smith's (N4ZR) excellent review of CW Skimmer in the last issue I 'm putting together a follow-on piece an
I'll be with my family near Concord, NH (Northwood/Bow Lake) for Field Day. Will there be a club or group operating in or near that area where I can drop in with my newly-minted college sophomore ham
The 2007/8 contesting season may be over, some of the PVRC regions are taking the summer off.. but not the downtown lunch group! Our next PVRC downtown lunch will be on THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008 Here