I read K1AR's editorial in this months CQ magazine with interest. His topic is just when does the contest end? This is one point of the contest rules that sponsor seem to ignore. Personally, I think
Hi Jim, Yes I agree most guys do like to check for typos. I think they could put something in the rules, what about... This contest ends a 00Z. Post contest log checking is restricted to only visual
We in the South East Contest Club were very impressed with the inter-club competition that the YCCC came up with for this year's contest season. See http://www.yccc.org for more information. We, howe
I read K1AR's editorial in this months CQ magazine with interest. His topic is just when does the contest end? This is one point of the contest rules that sponsor seem to ignore. Personally, I think
Let me try to refocus this discussion. 1. Is it OK to tape record the contest and play it back after the contest (before sending in the log) to correct copying mistakes during the contest? 2. Is it O
Just a reminder for you folks doing IARU this weekend, there are pretty good maps available at the ARRL WWW Site. Check out the following: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/ituzones.gif More
Gee, I read it that you can work XE1XXX, VE3XYZ, K3ZO, and K1KI all on the same band, each counting for a new mult if they all sign AC. I'm CCing K1KI on this, maybe he has some thoughts on this sub
Posted on TowerTalk by W7WHY: There are some VERY big scores from guys using nothing but 14g wire. KT3Y and KQ2M are both scoring at the top of the list in the most competitive categories and neither
No matter what software you use, you should always keep copys of different versions of the software on your system named for the version. For example, this weekend I started the IARU with NA 10.30. I
I signed K6T after each and every QSO during WRTC96. I believe my partner did also. Following Mr Norton's logic, one would assume that we would have finished at or near the bottom of the list. We wer
As someone who would be sending only the callsign if the rate dictated doing so... 1. If a guy sends only his callsign before you started calling, then you know for sure if he only sends his callsign
Auto correct has nothing to do with what Trey documented. Auto correct is used when you send the + key for confirming/logging the QSO. When you send your report to a station in CT during S&P you can
This is the first thing I have seen posted to the contest reflector by K1EA in years. Maybe ever. If this idea stimulated Kenny to agree, then damn it... it must be a good idea! :) Which of course it
Gee, I read it that you can work XE1XXX, VE3XYZ, K3ZO, and K1KI all on the same band, each counting for a new mult if they all sign AC. I'm CCing K1KI on this, maybe he has some thoughts on this sub
Ya sure Stefan. We can work DX in the North American QSO Party and the North American Sprint for point credit. We just dont get the multiplier credit for the QSO's. I almost always work some European
Can we please change the power limit for NAQP to 100 instead of 150 watts? KZ2S and I drafted those rules originally, and then I thought 150w made sense. However, a very good competitor mentioned to
I hope you are wrong Tom. One of my FT1000MP's will put out 110w and the other will only do 90w. You can bet the 110w unit will be scaled back to 100w. That's like entering the QRP class in SS and ru
Blah blah blah.... What if... what if... what if... Most transceivers are capable of doing 100w. Lets write the rules for most of the transceivers and quit worrying about the exceptions. When most o
Why is there such poor activity from some parts of Europe in the WAE contest? I noted very little activity from Italy, UK, and Scandinavia. For that matter, most of western Europe was poorly represen
I believe that any 2nd tier contest (as is the WAE) should be 24 hours or less in duration. (I would argue the ARRL DX is also 2nd tier BTW). I consider myself a pretty avid contester. You aren't goi