I agree; the situation can get complicated. If the "busted" callsign is an assigned callsign, probably that station should be contacted if there's a question by whoever is handling the DX cards. Mayb
I believe he had a license in another country, so he is probably proficient in CW. Why he only had a Tech+ in the USA I don't know. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
Excellent "jorb", guys! The text messaging guy said he was able to send 160 characters in 57 seconds. By my calculations, that's roughly 33 wpm. A lot of us can do far better than that! He's going to
We're also going to try VHF here. I'm taking along 6 meters through 432 MHz and maybe 903 and 1296 also. Not likely to work VE7 on those bands, though. :-( 73, Zack W9SZ _____________________________
You know, it's a funny thing. I just noticed last weekend that I use an iambic keyer but half the time I press the paddles separately and half the time I squeeze both when needing iambic functions. I
You left out one of the most important parts: the derivation of the word. "French, from Latin amator, lover, from amatus, past participle of amare, to love". We do all these weird radio things becaus
My cardiologist would have a heart attack if he knew what I did in contests ... _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
"In the aftermath of the flare, persistent ionization levels are so high that the words "rate" and "1296 MHz" are used in the same sentence on several of the VHF+ contesting reflectors." Now, THAT'S
Cool! The only difficulty is it's the same day as the ARRL VHF QSO Party. Am I likely to work anyine in the Bill Windle QSO Party on 50 MHz or above? How many people are going to be in both? 73, Zack
The organization has been around for quite a while. I can remember back in 1968 when I had a brand-new General class ticket, I'd hear people occasionally calling "CQ FOC" around 7040 kHz. I tried ans
Wow, MAL, what a great post! You brought bhack memories, too. I'd forgotten all about SAROC. I remember when I was a new ham as a teenager all the locals were going to SAROC as the place to go. I nev
Not a bad idea, if someone would organize it. I'd go! I don't know if I'd go that far. I took a bus trip from NYC to Champaign IL earlier this year. The only bus terminal that really impressed me was
Actually, didn't they just make a movie about them? "Meet the FOC'ers" _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Yeah, but sometimes when you get your hands on a rig and you really like it, you end up buying it eventually. There are two rigs I saw at Dayton in years past that I liked and ended up buying them ev
I was wondering myself. I was in a multi-op in this one but we made QSO's on 5 bands. No one to work above 1296 MHz in our area. :-( 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-C
IMO it's the TS-850. I've had one for a couple years now and it's my favorite rig! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
That's just Dan Dy! :-) What about areas north? They may not contribute as many QSO's as some other areas, but they may supply needed mults. I remember several times when I could hear UA0's and peopl
I have to agree with that. They go for around $700 - $900 in this area, which is very reasonable. I got mine for $900 but it was owned by a non-smoker and was (and still is) in absolutely mint condit
The contest goes for a whole month! I wonder how many 150+/hr QSO rates there will be? :-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.
Only about 16 days to the Poisson d'Avril contest! Maybe we can incorporate the IRLP Contest as an entry class for Poisson d'Avril! (Which I'm going to win again this year, BTW) :-) 73, Zack W9SZ ___