Greetings: This is my first post to the contest reflector in 13 months...wheretheheckhaveIbeen? I am in the process of writing the summary article for QST magazine for the 2002 ARRL DX CW contest. I
-- a in -- The "marketing liar" who wrote the text that appears on the Ten-Tec web site regarding the new Orion HF transceiver is rumored to know a thing or two about high-end receiver performance. I
-- C. Multi-Operator (all band operation only): 1. Single Transmitter (MS): Only one transmitter and one band permitted during any 10-minute period, defined as starting with the first logged QSO on a
Verde, to >do from D4. Wow - talk about "going out on top"! Alex, congratulations on all your achievements from Cape Verde. 73 Scott W4PA W4PA 2005-2006 Contest Calendar Sept 11: CW Sprint SOABHP Oc
Never have...never will. Not going to discuss it further as the last time this subject came up via the Internet I was chastised for knowing nothing about nothing vis a vis the needs of the serious C
VR2BG: some OK, fair enough. A Ten-Tec Orion can be used for PTT-operated CW for contesting. My personal opinion is that an SO2R CW contest stations built around PTT control of station equipment viol
system allows one to win world high from his home station, no need to go to D4 or HC8 or PJ because of discriminatory point system. Are you telling me that it is fair to get 3 points for Eu QSO from
And that psyche description for me and my XYL would be: Anything worth doing is worth doing to a total extreme! Mary would chuckle at that description of my lifelong involvement in ham radio. When we
K3BU: playing field? Hardly. When was the last time you have seen W making into top ten?<< 2004 CQ WW SSB K4ZW World #9 KQ2M World #10 73 Scott W4PA W4PA 2005-2006 Contest Calendar Sept 11: CW Sprint
Yah - I don't know where the line between "guest op" and "home station" would be exactly. The station is at K4JNY's house, but we've built it together splitting the cost and labor over the past 6 ye
say.<< My say would be that the ultimate rule alteration for DX contests would be to adopt the CW Sprint QSY rule. It would eliminate stations from staking out a CQ frequency, would help mimimize th
If you'll go read the CQ-Contest archives from a year ago you'll find K5NZ complaining about EXACTLY the same thing we're discussing here -- that some multi-ops are running two rigs simultaneously in
N2IC wrote (on 3830 NAQPCW posting): that we heard couldn't hear us. Very disappointing way to end the contest.<< Strange propagation on 15 and 20 meters this time as well. I asked N2IC "15M?" and wa
Contesters in W4 and W5 states who are not on a CW Sprint team - the Southern Sprint Coalition is looking for additional team members for the February 12 CW Sprint. Please indicate part-time or full-
Yeah, Chris, didn't you get the memo? College students, military personnel, the underemployed, and city dwellers need not apply. You didn't build that 2x3CX800A7 linear, either? That's -50 on the nex
...and don't forget to check 40 at the start of the Sprint. There are often quite a few of us down there racking up second radio QSO's...or is it first radio QSO's, with the second radio on 20? You
Antenna >forum line up to ...and of course Hara Arena has provided an appropriately sized meeting hall for the presentation of the contest forums ON SITE this year... ...right?... Scott Robbins, W4P
Tree...I don't think you we're joking here (?) - but anything more than a 1 hour nap during a major DX contest strikes me as being a huge mistake. 48 hours straight is even better if the op thinks t
Contesters: I am writing the summary article for ARRL DX CW 2006 for QST and www.arrl.org at this time, to be submitted in mid-June for August QST and the web. I am asking for your contest anecdotes
While these are not the same ones as uploaded to contesting.com, K8CX has been taking many pix at Dayton yearly, mostly of contesters, and posting them to www.hamgallery.com - I see 2006 is not up a