Yup. That is a great argument also for giving out your call regularly. On Sunday the spots became particularly bad as maybe people were getting tired. Guys were responding to stations that were spott
I know that I was a combination of excited, and also a bit teary eyed working the team at KL7RA on every band that we did. Great job, guys! (and AL1G!) You did Rick proud. 73; Mike W7VO -- Original M
You bring up a great point, Ken! I had never thought of it that way, and you are right. The only way an unassisted station can say he is truly unassisted is to not be spotted by another operator, or
Ray; You bring up a good point, but let's look at this like a lawyer ;-).... Now, I'm NOT a lawyer, but using the "guy on Samoa" as the analogy I raise a question; would the KH8 likely get more QSOs
In a big DX contest, like the CQWW or ARRL DX it's the world. With a domestic contest (US only working US), not so much, as most stations try to stay in the General portions of the bands to enlarge t
Was this ever resolved. Are they CRAC or CRSA? 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- If we look at QRZ.COM the code is CRSA ? Claude VE2FK From: Dale Yu via CQ-Contest Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 7:23
Good point, Jim, and I ALWAYS verify whatever is sent. But if N1MM puts the wrong "pre-fill" in then I need to erase what is there and put in the correct information, which takes more time. The idea
You are spot on, Doug. If you look at just about any of the professional sports teams, (or even the Olympics), WRTC (for the most part) is not much different. The guys with the most resources (take t
Thanks for posting, Jim! Wonderful to see our sport of radio contesting making headlines. 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- I hope this will be okay with the CQ-Contest reflector, because a major
I'm sure that N1MM will not recongnize the callsign either, but what would the penalty be for working him in any of the upcoming CQWW contests? Would he count? 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- Le
Can it be modified to tune in 20 meters? ;-) Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- Has anyone ever tried one of these for a headset? http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200356514_200356514?utm_
I think the best compromise is to have two sets of macros. One set with multiple callsigns and reports for DX stations that you can barely hear, (and that can probably barely hear you), and something
I agree with the assessment. I did a run on 160M Saturday night and ended working a BUNCH of guys that needed my zone mult, but I got nothing in return. Forty-three contacts on that band, and probabl
..... which is interesting, because I saw several US stations being spotted well BELOW 7125 kHz. Like 7060 kHz! I think a few people need to learn what the US band limits are... 73; Mike W7VO -- Orig
No, being US stations they were shown in my N1MM+ bandmap as "unworkable" (gray) spots, and weren't listed as anything "portable". There were several of them WELL below 7125 kHz. As I recall, they we
Future collectibles! 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- Yes, we had a printing glitch that affected an unknown number of Nov/Dec issues. If you are one of the unlucky ones, an email to circulation@
It's simple economics to me. Why should I spend months or years to gather up countries for Honor Roll, when I can operate a contest and get multiple band DXCC and usually snag several ATNOs in a sing
We had a separate mult station in our MS operation here, partially manned by a new ham that knew zero CW, but REALLY wanted to help out in the contest. Because of being able to click on N1MM+ bandmap
I have the same issue after a big CW contest. Even doors creaking sound like CW. There must be a medical name for this condition! 73; Mike W7VO -- Original Message -- I was hearing CW coming from the
-- Original Message -- The second is easier to answer, a "dit dit" is a lot shorter than sending a "TU"..... 73; Mike W7VO Speaking of things that drive me nuts: Sending an additional "TEST" at the e