Didn't Captain Cook say something to the effect that the South Sandwich was the most disgusting place on earth he'd seen? 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
Yes, that's for sure. For example, the June and September VHF QSO Parties are considered just as much contests as the January VHF Sweepstakes last weekend. I generally work the same participants in a
Well, some things change (rigs, antennas etc. are far better than they ever were) but some things don't. We still have basically the same ionosphere, same sunspot cycle, same propagation conditions a
Well, that's the ole chicken and egg paradox. If there were no ham radio, would there be any "us" (in ham radio) - or if there were no "us", would there be any ham radio? What would the FCC do if the
Wait a minute ... aren't these "DX cops" violating their own rules? Why are THEY transmitting in the DX window? Sheesh - no one accused them of being logical people. If I were really upset by someone
Yeah, but fortunately they're not on this list. ;-) When is the next Bill Windle QSO Party? 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting
The 3Y0PI operation made it a habit of sending their call after every 10 QSO's or thereabouts. I've been penned up at work mostly for the last couple weeks trying to get reports out, so I haven't had
Well, a lot better than VHF/UHF around here! I had a laptop and hooked it up to my TS-440S to make a few PSK31 QSO's last year. On VHF+ I only worked one station on 144/222/432 (the same station) and
At least he wasn't sending "5NN TN". That could be mistaken for a power of "09" watts. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
I've been looking at some old QST's I had stashed away. Some great stuff therein ... "Here we go again - your annual ARRL DX Test coming up! Rare operating sport for one and all whether you go for sc
Some more prizes from old QST's I've been perusing: "Anyone who has the least familiarity with wizened editorial minds knows perfectly well what the subject of this month's intro will be. Dern tootin
I hope some of you are enjoying these as much as I have reading them again after all these years. "And now in response to irrepressible demand (our own) we close out the DX Test questionnaire series
How could you be too loud? :-) The only time I think a station is too loud is when he burns out my front end. No, no, no - save that score for Poisson d'Avril !!! 73, Zack W9SZ ______________________
Well, contests are generally only on weekends. We have to have something to occupy our time during the rest of the week! :-) 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
There are actually only two rules: (1) There are no rules. (2) K1DG always wins. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:/
When I used the time machine in 1996 and recruited The Old Man (1AW) and Clarence D. Tuska (1WD) to help operate, there was no "real time" - at least, we were pretty confused about it. We did manage
I guess I should've stated "all the licensed hams on the air at the time". We used a spectrum analyzer to scan the ham bands for signals present and then went and worked them. But that whole contest
Nope, in the spirit of Poisson d'Avril, off time is now 45 hours. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
You mean F0OL and FO0L WERE the same station? But ... But ... How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All? 73, Zack W9SZ (who ran out of dry ice mid-PdA contest.) ___________