all phone contests should be banned mike w7dra (now, where did I put that quill pen?) _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.co
this could be kinda fun. i could set up my computer to hear the K5zd web site and turn on a tape recorder and record the audio from the site, then do the 5 minute walk to the station and try to zero
i guess we are all assisted, i listen to N6RO or K3LR while i am changing transmit antennas (requires throwing knife switches, retuning two antenna tuners, raising halliards, etc) i don't know how mu
previously there was a discussion about the number of zero point contacts made in the CQWW. i usually monitor N6RO while i am changing transmitting antennas, and i was constantly amazed at the number
i half disagree. i write all contacts down on a spiral notebook with numbered pages and time started at the top of each page. after each contact i copy the info down on my 1936 ARRL ripoff logbook (f
i live my life in fantasy (anyone who operates major contests using an NC183 receiver lives in fantasy). i dream about working such and such contest, put together a station (usually) unique to the pa
my 1953 era station can still win a division in an odd contest or two throughout the year, and i suspect that in 10 years (at the ripe age of 76) i still will be doing about the same. maybe there mig
but then there are some of us who have only single band set ups. it takes me about 5 minutes to go from the 160m cabin to the 40m cabin, and setting up to work two bands in the same contest is practi
Ah, yes Packet. I was sitting there about 0630Z on twiddling the dial on 40m with the HRO60/304TH/dipole up at about 25 feet, and i heard ZL1KMN working some EU stations and gave him a shout, and the
i guess what he should have done is make an "announced operations" statement before the contest? mike w7dra _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesti
i don't know why what was true with me is not true for all. in 1953 i watched W7VKZ operate his nc100 and ARC5 transmitter in the SS, and W7QMW (thats Whisky Seven Queer, Malicious, and Wild, for you
in defense of the 5NN, it gives me a chance to pick up my pencil and get ready for the meaningful portion of the exchange. i am sure you computer guys appreciate the pause too mike w7dra ____________
and then there are those of us who operate some contests xtal control (SS, FD) i am pretty good zero beating on 160 but by the time i get up to 20 the ole ARC5 knob can be a little tweaky............
best use of the IARU contest is to get out your old tube gear and try working 10 QSOS with each piece, kind of like the CX test but with more (unwilling?) participants mike w7dra ___________________
too bad IARU does not come before field day, then we could use IARU to check out rigs, antennas, etc, getting ready for the BIG one. mike w7dra _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
that means i would have to stop operating 3 or 4 hours early to get my log trasposed into TR before the contest is over? just how many of us are left that use a stick? maybe then i should not send in
i sent this cryptic msesige to my main reflector "glowbugs", and in reutrn was answered by AC7AC, one of the K3 crew, who is also a "glowbug" .................on the contest reflector there is a lot
i get my share of 0 pointers (five or six during the CQWW), but i think they just want to work someone using a VT-4 (211) final.............. mike w7dra ______________________________________________
worked this contest from a gal friend's home a few years ago......she has the award proudly hanging in her living room.....mike w7dra _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailin
I can't believe it either! For the number of times that I have emailed Bob over WW scoring, he sure came through with flying colors: CQ, way to go!! mike w7dra _______________________________________