Hi Jim Explain to my wife and family that on Memorial Day we are going to stay home so I can contest :-) After a long winter, it is pretty major here. 73 Tom W7WHY ___________________________________
Hi George I think that is because some still operate above 3800. Why not move the SSB sprint down between 3600-3700? There is nothing down there except dead air. I did notice last night there were a
Hi Dennis Yes, it would assuming everybody else is running 1500 watts. Your 700 watts is ~3dB down from the max power (assuming they were running the same antenna). If everybody was running 100 watts
I guess the U.S. needs to quit making cars that will go over 55 MPH because we know if they make them go faster, everyone will cheat and drive them at their maximum speed. 73 Tom W7WHY Well, I will t
What if I find xx8xx on my own and he says 'I'm also listening on 7200', and I go work him. Does that make me assisted? I wouldn't have known he was there without him telling me, as I'm not using pac
Hi George If they didn't send their call in the exchange, I just deleted the Q as it was invalid. I don't know what else to do because when running, you send their call, then your exchange. It would
Hi Ron True, but if someone is sending '5nn23', I'd sure like to know who it is. If they are sending '5nn13', I'd probably not be all that excited and move on. 73 Tom W7WHY "If you don't know who the
"A disease for sure. Calling no matter what the DX sends is commonplace during DXpeditions but now it's run wild in CQ WW. The DX comes back to W4 and I hear N9, K6, W5, etc., calling and calling. Wh
Hi Jack Yes, he did that, but then some 'kind soul' spotted him again and the whole dang mess started all over again. You think people would learn something from that. 73 Tom W7WHY As has been noted
How about for the CQWW: Me: Test de W7WHY You: XX9XXX Me: XX9XXX tu QRZ They don't check zone or RST anyway. 73 Tom W7WHY Why not "extend" dit dit dit dit to five dits instead of four, then reapply c
Hi Ron Seems like that used to work for me years ago, but anymore, I'm usually about 20 QSO's into a new band before I remember I didn't change the frequency in the logger :-) 73 Tom W7WHY I still us
I'm afraid that this would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The spots that W3LPL provides on the traditional cluster network are *derived from* the Reverse Beacon Network, but then filter
I just submitted my application for the Triple Play Award (thanks to N4ZR for my last one) today and it cost me $17.00. I can only imagine how much it would of cost in sending out paper cards. For 15
Hi John 1. That is a good idea. I put 'NS' at the end of my CQ so they will know I'm in the NS and not just calling CQ. 2. Don't send their call. They already know that one :-) I send mine 2 times in
Hi Mike Probably what he did is go to the Reverse Beacon network and pulled the spots from last years Poisson d'Avril Contest and work all those guys again. Worked 'em early to beat the QRM. 73 Tom W
Hi John I have one here that I used to use. It is a pretty good programmable keyer. I bought mine on QTH.com for $35. I use the WinKey now. 73 Tom W7WHY ______________________________________________
Hi Kermit It has always puzzled me why some stations use a big, long call like that, and then use cut numbers for the exchange :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
Geez, we gonna need a lawyer to get on the air? How about this - eliminate everything between the mic (key, keyboard, keyer), the op, and the antenna. Hook the mic (key) directly to the transmit ante
What would be the sense in building a remote station in J6 and then have to go to J6 to operate it? Doesn't make sense to me. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
What would have happened if Yuri had operated the station within his license limits? 1. It would have been fine. 2. He would have been reclassified as Multi Op 3. He'd still have been disqualified. 7