So, what does that exactly mean? 'You shouldn't do that - wink wink' 'Inconsitent with the spirit of the rules???' Why not say 'The use of non-amateur radio means of communications (e.g. telephone o
Hi Dave Also, if you start getting a whole bunch of dupes, you can pretty much figure you've been spotted wrong. 73 Tom W7WHY To the question of how could you know if you were spotted if really runni
Hi Yuri Then, what you are saying is that it would be a a lot better if there was no DX Cluster. That way only stations that actually copy you would be calling, I sure can't see anything wrong with t
Ah yes, the excitment of finding a station and hearing a weak '59923'. Nothing like it. Now, click, on frequency - call. Hear 'W%#%Y, assume it is me. Type in callsign - prefill shows exchange. Is th
Is split operation the problem? Or is the problem the continuous callers -- those who continue to call the DX even when he's come back to someone else -- thus leading some operators to believe split
Or, they are just clicking on a spot that is wrong. 73 Tom W7WHY The reason is you hear what the other station sends. If he sends a strange variation of S56A it is _your_ responsibility to get it rig
The NCCC put out a great video on SO2R. If you can contact one of the members, you might still be able to get one. There were examples of both SSB and CW. 73 Tom W7WHY Excellent video on SO2R featuri
And may those in #2 be free from those who use #1 but claim #2. Just a dream I occasionally have. Ken K4ZW And may set #2 be free from the packet pileups created by Set # 1. :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______
Hi Bob But, it just seems silly to have SOHP, SOLP, SOHP(A), MS/HP, but no catagory for SOLP(A). What could be the logical reasoning for not having an (A) for low power, other than 'If you don't like
Hi Hans There probably would be, but the CW Sprint is not for everybody, like a SSB contest. 73 Tom W7WHY If the "no run" format is "The Answer" then Sprint ought to have thousands and thousands of p
To me, running high rates on SSB takes a lot more skill than on CW. All CW stations sound the same (basically). No accents, no overdriven audio, no weird phonetics, etc. How some of these guys can ru
What did we talk about before Skimmer :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/c
Wow - must be bad. I just wonder how K3ZO made all those big scores from HS. 73 Tom W7WHY You think the ARRL DX contests are boring... then do not operate them from HS because the typical openings to
I worked for hours trying to get this to sound right. You can make it sound OK until you work a station like N2SSS where the letters in the prefix are all that same. Repeating the same letter really
What is the downside of nobody using cluster spots in contests? 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
That is a good point. Someone mentioned 'DXIS' which is right. But, if I hear a PY calling CQDX, I'd assume he doesn't mean the U.S., so I rarely answer them. Same with a JA, I'd imagine he's not loo
Yes. the SDR op's are much better than the paper log generation. It's cool to have the SDR watching 6 bands at once, and then activate Skimmer so all those blips on the bandmap have callsigns attache
I thought I saw somewhere that in order to consider a QSO valid, you had to exchange callsigns and one other piece of information. Hi Zack. I remember reading that also. Does that mean that stations
I suspect a "24 Hour" category would show very positive numbers initially. I'm doubtful there would be this sudden surge of "Casual Joe" type ops (they typically get on when they get on) but maybe a
Yes, you're right on there Rich Try doing the ARRL DX test from the PNW with the flux at 90 and K at 5. You'll get lots of sleep :-) 73 Tom W7WHY Everyone works everyone contests tend to do that. 73