Now that the ARRL board meeting is over. I'm curious about the process used in gathering input from members regarding changes at the ARRL. One current issue concerned contest scores, among other thin
Bill, et al, I thought this issue had died. I hadn't heard much regarding LOTW lately. It seems to me that interest sorta waxes and wanes with the big contests. After I put my 1600 Qs from IARU, it i
Howdy Jim, Congrats on the great score. I enjoyed the breakdowns that you provided and I decided I would include mine. It appears that the bands we were on and the ups and downs in the rate seem to
Bill, et al, I thought this issue had died. I hadn't heard much regarding LOTW lately. It seems to me that interest sorta waxes and wanes with the big contests. After I put my 1600 Qs from IARU, it i
I, too, was pleased to see the ZD8 qsls (80 - 10) pop up on the LOTW this weekend. Although 80 and 160 are lagging behind, I am either over or very near DXCC on the other bands. I have notice several
I was on 40 CW (7003) this morning from about 1045Z - 1120Z. The "Woodpecker" signal began during this time. I checked and it peaked at 320 degrees and was very loud, 599+ here in S. Texas. When I t
We had been discussing a signal at my local sunrise 7.000 - 7.015 and it appeared to be coming from possibly the BY area. From the discussion it appeared that we might have had more than one. This ev
I was reading this thread and was trying to figure out how I remembered to renew my certificate back in December. I looked back and realized that there was a reminder on the "Logbook User's Home Page
I wanted to reemphasize Bob's point. I think that LOTW is going to be a great help in keeping records. Unfortunately, I was an offending station, in that I reversed my CQ zone and ITU zone when I mad
I really like contests to fall on holiday weekends, in particular Thanksgiving! At least I used to before I retired. Many have to work on Friday nights and/or weekends and cannot get loose for contes
Or better still, Cut and tune your inverted vee half way between phone and cw. Place a 1/4 wave piece of 72 ohm coax between the feedline and the center insulator. The SWR is nice and low across the
I agree that this system is a hassle to get going. Fortunately, even an old non-computer literate like me was able to get it working with only two e-mails to the support staff. I was really irritate
I agree with John. Those of us that prefer cw have always enjoyed the 40 meter band, while SSB has been a mess. This change might make someone really want to work 40 SSB (sorry John :') We would have
Folks, Tom has it right. Many beginners start contesting because they are building their DXCC/state/county QSL totals. I am still waiting for 4 QSLs (SASE) for my 5BWAZ from 2002 CQWW. If you find so
Now that this issue seems to be settled, I am willing to accept the change that was voted by our Board of Directors. I would have preferred that the line score had been left in QST but we have electe