I have to agree with Tom. During the NAQP CW, I came across VY1AAA calling CQ with hardly any callers. Got him on the first call. Sure different from contests using the RBN where there would have bee
I think there used to ba a contest where the prize was a trip to Spain. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.con
Can you imagine if you could remote to some really rare sections in the SS and not work anyone but yourself? 73 Tom W7WHY It seems that the rule from ARRL Field Day (yes, I know, but it has rules and
i talked to Doug during the WPX SSB contest and he told me that the PDA was already over. He changed the date and didn't tell anyone. Guess who won :-) 73 Tm W7WHY ___________________________________
Hi Bob Sometimes it's not that easy. For instance: CQ de W7WHY W1XXX W1XX 59 OR 59 CT R QRZ w7why Now where did this guy send my call and how would I know if he got it right or not? 73 Tom W7WHY On T
OK - I am running QRP and a station calls me running high power. His signal is about S-1 or 2 so if he was running low power I might not have heard him. His HP helps me. Does this now mean I have to
Past CQ-Contest magazines had some articles about early contesting and DX'ing history written by Jan Perkins. It had some really interesting stuff. Are there any books out there on the history of ear
Thanks for all the input. I'll check out these links. I checked out Don Wallace's book on Amazon and it is anywhere from $70 to $166 :-) In doing some Googling on Don, I found this on Youtube https:/
What happens if we don't play by the rules? It's not a contest. Nobody wins anything, do they? Can you get DQ'd from FD? Scratching my head :-) 73 Tom W7WHY __________________________________________
I feel the same way, Fritz. I have been in the ARRL for along time but some of the things they are pushing now I just don't agree with. Also to me, the magazine is just not interesting any more. The
QST would be a lot more interesting if they put some things of interest of more than EMCOMM and VHF/UHF articles. How many more transverters for 35Ghz do we need to see construction articles for. And
Yes - if you live on the east coast and have a chip shot to Europe. Little different from the left coast. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Conte
The way the DX contests are now is kind of like having 10 participants in a 100 yard dash and 4 of them have 2 legs and the rest have only 1. But - they all run in the same race. I'm sure the 2-legge
Hi Jim You are getting correct on the idea that more and more hams are shifting to Winlink (which to me is not even ham radio - more like VOIP or SKYPE). I participate in some traffic handling nets,
Yeah - self-policing really works. Just listen to 7255 and 3840 out here on the west coast. You hear the 'F-bomb' every other word. Racial, anti-semitic, hate speech. Filthy music being played all th
Hi Ward Tonight take a listen to what goes on on 3840 and then come back and tell us about monitoring and following the rules. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
Hi Doug This happens more and more with SO2R op's. You answer their CQ while they are working someone else on the other radio. Then just as you call them again, they come back to you. I see that more
Hi Paul Suppose someone in CA sends zone 4 for half the contest and changes to zone 3 and put's 3 in his Cabrillo. What will happen to all those that have zone 4 when he has 3 in the log submitted to
HI All I read an article about using the same 23' stub on 40 and 20 by shorting the stub with a switch to switch bands with the stub. I have an elevated vertical for 80 meters and I just hooked a 40
Another thing I have wondered about is the 'no amp' rule in the NAQP RTTY. The power limit is 150 watts but a lot of the radios being used are not capable of doing 100 watts RTTY for extended periods