Hi All In doing the CQWW SSB last weekend, I found I really miss my cordless 'phones. I wear hearing aids and the Heil boom headset just doesn't work all that well for me any more. The RS cordless 'p
I know it is getting to be a problem, but I wonder if it just newcomers that really don't understand the rules. If so, we should encourage them to get in, but learn the proper proceedures. Don't real
I like the 'NR' sent first. If the stations are really weak, like on 80, it kinda gives your ear something to tune in on before the number comes. Kinda gets the brain in sync with the ears. 73 Tom W7
I think there were more bad spots in this SS than I have seen in a long time. I sure felt sorry for the guys who's calls get busted and have to work a bunch of dupes because of bad spots. 73 Tom W7WH
What we could do is what they do in schools nowadays. Don't keep score, and everyone wins first prize. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@
So true. If someone busts my call, and I sent it a couple of times to correct them, and they just say TU QRZ, it gets deleted from my log unless I hear my call sent right. Most software does that aut
Hi Bob Well, I guess it just because that is just the way I do it. If he didn't work ME, he don't go in my log. Then if he did get my call right, and didn't acknowledge it, I guess he loses the conta
Hi Bob Probably not having that call in my log won't make as much difference as him not having my call in his log if he is a 'big gun'. I contest just for the fun, not to actually win anything. If a
I find the best use for the second radio is to keep the band map open, and when I see spots start to fill up, it is time to move to that band. I had the second radio set on 10 meters and saw a few sp
Huh?? I run 2 radios here and made 280 Q's in the CQWW CW test. I'm sure that there are a few op's using 1 radio that could beat that :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________
Glad someone is hearing something. It's deader'n a popcorn fart on the left coast. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
I think the only way to make this contest more even at this point in the cycle is give the stations in the PNW 10000 points for each contact. That would give me 10000 points so far as I have worked 1
Hi Steve et al If you connect to packet, doesn't it show who you are when you are connected? When I connect, it says 'Hi' to me as it knows who I am. 73 Tom W7WHY ____________________________________
Ed wrote (among other things): Amen and amen brother :-) I could add another radio and be SO3R here and still be 5th from the bottom in the contests. Low beams and wire antennas here. If I had stacks
Hi Kelly Well, yes and no. It is an advantage because a big gun station can't just sit on a frequency and run. When the little guy does make a contact, he is sure that he is going to make another one
Hi Andrei et al Yes, the score submission page is fun to watch. Only wish it didn't just go away exactly at contest end. It would be fun to be able to go back and see how we did compared to others in
Hi All Well, I guess it has started. Good news for contesters. Even a web site now for the new cycle. http://www.solarcycle24.com/ 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
I have to agree with that. It is fun to read the feedback comments for the newest contest, but when postings are made that are 4 or 5 contests back, they are not as interesting. Looking at the result
Hi Steve Same thing here on the left coast. After 20 closes down, all we hear is the east coast running Eu on 40 and 80. If were lucky, we can snag a KH6 or some VE's on 80. Catch the greyline just r
Check out this link. http://www.k8nd.com/Radio/SO2R/K8ND_SO2R.htm Lotsa good info. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http