No wonder I never worked you. I was too busy running stations on 14.444. 73, Zack W9SZ/0B3 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lis
contest which penalises you for the other uys mistake. ^^^^^ See? Typing mistakes can be made by the best of us even if we copy correctly. It doesn't make sense to me that both stations should be pen
Or maybe you mean taking the "less" out of "wireless"? 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Yeah, but the thing is, in the case of the slow poke sailboats, they do nothing to contribute to the possibility of winning by the power boat. Ham radio contests are one of the few (maybe the only) a
I tend to agree with most of that. I have no problem with new and advanced operating aids within one's station. Computer logging, CW keyboards, digital voice keyers, etc. are all great. Even a band s
A lot of times in addition to the QSO info I will send "Hi Dave" or whatever the op's name is. I'll get a "Hi Zack" back about 80% of the time. I know I'm not going to get that from a robot. 73, Zack
Actually, I don't think I'd drop out. It would be a rare occasion when I actually win anything (except in the VHF+ contests) so I'll just keep playing the game my way and have fun and let everyone el
I have occasionally used Whiskey Nine Stuck Zipper 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
I started to learn to play the guitar a little over a year ago. I have a lot of friends who are guitarists. They all pretty much said the same thing. It just involved practice and sticking with it. W
I kind of get that way myself maybe. Back when the Novice license was one year and not renewable, I learned Morse code and that was all I used. When I upgraded to General, I had the same station I us
If two or more people within your station operate or assist your station, you're a Multi-Op. I've always understood assisted to mean "Assisted by a source external to your station." Any electronics,
I have tinnitus. It started about 10 years ago. Before Tinnitus, I could copy about 60 wpm. It did slow me down a bit, I can't copy 60 but can still copy 50 wpm. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________
Does this mean that all entrants to RTTY contests are assisted (given that they're not multi-ops)? Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contest
Hopefully this isn't too far off topic but I can't think of too many other groups that might know. Do any of you know perchance if there was an ROWH initiation at Dayton this year? I've wanted to get
I'm not sure about the rules regarding a loop antenna but I have a full-wave vertical loop I've been using on 40 meters for years. My friend Steve K9AN put up one for 80 meters once. He has a bigger
The problem has been that, if you were going to claim credit for some of these QSO's for ARRL award programs (WAS, DXCC etc.) ARRL frowned on anyone releasing full log data to the public on these QSO
When I was a youngster on my first Field Day, I recall seeing ops work DX on 20 and 15 meters. This only increased my interest in ham radio. I hope there's some DX around that will work us on FD this
I often wondered if class D stations shouldn't call CQ. It seems counter-productive if you get a lot of class D stations calling. If you just want to run stations, whether they count for the activity
This last weekend was my 44th Field Day. I have always enjoyed getting out and operating in the field for a weekend. I've been in FD operations over the years that ranged from large, full-blown 15A s
I still have some of that gear! Can't beat those 1625's. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma