I think another problem is guys using K-3's with the speed cranked way up sound really choppy. I know there is a setting for QRQ that makes it sound better. Some stations sending really fast sound li
If you want to win, buy lots of towers and aluminium and built up a competitive station. 73 Peter Sorry Peter, but it takes a lot more than that. No matter how much hardware you have, you are not goi
I remember they had a contest to see who could work the most countries. Problem was, some figured how to crack it and that kinda ruined it. 73 Tom W7WHY Agreed. It was an amazing program, especially
OK - what contest has a level playing field. We can then change them all to that format. 73 Tom W7WHY Having said that, I understand Jeff's frustration about the level playing field. However, I don't
HI John I think some of the software has a setting where it will automatically send a CQ after so many Q's are logged. That would work to make it legal. 73 Tom W7WHY What is the penalty - disqualific
If this is really true then, IMO, this is just about the dumbest rule ever! Every decent operator can figure out what is the right strategy for maximizing the rate & score in a certain situation. Som
Charly, why are you so quick todismiss the idea of a web-based, advertiser-supported magazine? It requires more than QST's images of the paper magazine, but as someone suggested a few weeks ago, ther
On 2/20/2014 11:30 PM, Pedro Piza wrote: Is it legal in the SO2R to call CQ simultameous on two different BANDs.? Then work a station on BAND A and them amswer TO station on BAND B, and start again T
One thing I've wondered about is what is the difference between someone sending me a text and telling me I have their call wrong, or looking at my computer screen and Skimmer to see what the call is.
MY .02 Wayne W3EA Hi Mike Dupes are getting to be more of a problem with the 'point and clickers' working you again when Skimmer has the call wrong. I've read on 3830 when a stations gets spotted wro
On 3/17/2014 9:56 AM, Steve London wrote: My SO2R layout is essentially the same as Bill's. In addition to having the monitor down low, I would also recommend a separate set of computer-distance eyeg
Most important one: "Turn Your Radio On" Roy Acuff 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/l
If WPX goes back to zero points for in country QSO, this basically becomes another DX contest. The guys in the black whole with 100 watts or low antennas go back to the end of the line. As many have
How about letting the software figure it out. Enter all your information, antenna, power, HFTA info, etc, into the logging program and then have it all interfaced with some propagation software. You
I think there were quite a few of us working QRP back in the day, not because we even knew what QRP meant, but most Novices ran little low power rigs as that was what was available to us. If you were
That is a strange rule. It is illegal to run an amp to get to 100 watts, but it not illegal to run a radio that puts out 400 watts in the NAQP. If they outlaw amps, why not outlaw radios that put out
Hi Jim Hope the offender wasn't using one of the FT-1000's you sold him :-) 73 Tom W7WHY Yes, I'm saying that users of these dirty rigs need to replace them with cleaner ones. In 2008, I sold a pair
I thought the whole idea 'Classic' class was to go back to 'Just a boy and his radio' type of contesting with no spotting, etc. Why have the classic and then just have the same rules as the regular c
Hi Syl Thanks for the clarification. Hard to believe I was wrong in my thinking :-) 73 Tom W7WHY Tom Just a bit of background The idea for the 24-hour category came from an article that Pete & Mike w
I would think that my old TS-450 must be pretty clean because it seems like just about every RTTY contest I get in, I can be CQ'ing and someone will move in right next to me, inside my 250 cycle pass