This is something I learned to deal with from my first days of contesting. I don't know if this is something others have observed, but in ARRL DX CW contests anyway, most of the U.S. big guns seem to
I had an interesting experience with this file. I downloaded it and played it back about a dozen times; I just couldn't hear the echo at all. Then I downloaded all the other EME files that Tree has o
I would like to propose a modification of the scoring rules. For every station participating in the contest that you DON'T work, you get a bonus of 500,000 points. However, in order to qualify, you m
BTW have you all read the QST article this month about the laser antennas? I want one of those! 73, Zack W9SZ -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: c
Well, I'm not a member of PVRC. I'm a member of SMC - remember us? :-) I don't take offense in the above because (1) Field Day isn't a contest, and (2) what's the big deal? It would be worthwhile for
Field Day is the only operating event of its type that we have. It is the only operating event that has a chance at broad publicity and public visitation. In our club, it also got the general members
Did anyone else ntice the brief aurora occurrence on Sunday 2/20 around 2100Z? I am on a VHF list where people keep a sharp eye out for such things, and it was noted that a solar wind shock was exper
I've been getting QRZ-DX magazine as an e-mailed PDF file for a year now. I find now I actually like the e-version better because Carl N4AA puts color photos in it. The paper version has black-and-wh
I heard something interesting happen in the ARRL DX CW contest this year. A North American station (with a big signal) had a run going. He worked an EU station (also with a big signal here). They wer
Reminds me of a story I heard. Evidently, Peter Townshend once said he considered Ray Davies to be a genius. Ray, upon hearing that, said something like "Pete and I are great friends and I appreciat
This is certainly a fascinating thread. It brings up the question "Why Contest?" I imagine many do it to win. Nothing wrong with that. There is a certain thrill in seeing your name (or callsign) in l
Isn't it "that time of year again" for ... the Poisson d'Avril Contest? Whatever happened to that one? Did it die due to lack of participation? 73, Zack W9SZ -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesti
The excitement of one QSO successfully completed on 5760 or 10368 MHz SSB/CW is worth sitting in front of a dead radio for a couple hours (at least to me). VHF contesting is still in the realm of the
I thought the TARA contest is a PSK31 contest. How many QSO's can you make at once in PSK31 mode? Not only do you need a separate radio for each band, you also need a separate computer for each band
What's to keep someone from getting on and working a few hundred stations in a contest with a nonexistent callsign, just to pull a fast one on everyone? That person obviously wouldn't send in his log
I have one of those "pop gun" stations and I do almost entirely S&P in the contests. The conditions were so good on 15 meters this year though that it kept me busy with S&P almost the whole time I pa
I have one of those "pop gun" stations and I do almost entirely S&P in the contests. The conditions were so good on 15 meters this year though that it kept me busy with S&P almost the whole time I pa
I don't know about the rest of the Midwest, but the remains of the Great New Year's Day Blizzard of 1999 that hit Illinois were a bit hard to deal with. I didn't have the wherewithal to tackle countr
For one thing, it's illegal. You are supposed to identify with your full callsign. For another, I've found that giving my full callsign slowly (Whiiiiiiskey Niiiiiiiine Sieeeeeeerra Zuuuuuuluu) will
I don't know about the rest of the Midwest, but the remains of the Great New Year's Day Blizzard of 1999 that hit Illinois were a bit hard to deal with. I didn't have the wherewithal to tackle countr