Paraphrasing W0YK... Thursday, 21 September, 2200-2230z Friday, 22 September, 0330-0400z Follow CQ WW RTTY Contest Rules on whatever bands are open for you (80-10m). Try out your hardware, software,
See below, please avoid 7060. (Are their others to also avoid?) I recommend a post-it note next to the frequency display. Or whatever works. 73 jeff wk6i Dear fellow contesters, Please, avoid 7060, w
Several have replied to me that 14120 should also be avoided (which is an easy place to find yourself in the WW if you are not careful). 73 jeff wk6i -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.com Twisted Oak Wi
I was asked to provide this - like I'm an expert ;) - but I did some digging and this seems to be a good start. If anyone else has further info please do chime in. First, the information I have recei
Well, now's your chance, this weekend! Here: https://www.pl259.org/makrothen/makrothen-rules/ Some of you will have to force yourself to do RTTY, but you can do it, and have fun too! 73 jeff wk6i --
Last year, for an article I was writing, I polled several major contest officials individually as to whether accessing the RBN simply to see how your own callsign is propagating during a contest woul
Back when during the ARRL 100th I operated 30m RTTY from both /6 and /7 and it was definitely lit up like a contest or DXpedition, and this was happening each week while the W1AW location moved to an
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 11:20 AM Subject: Speaking of RTTY Roundup! Call for stories and photos! To: REFL-RTTY <RTTY@contesting.com>,
"All entries are must be postmarked or e-mailed by 2359 UTC January 12, 2018. Logs may be uploaded online or mailed." This is just FIVE days after the end of contest! Note that the website still show
I write the QST results article for the RTTY Roundup. The article is only as good as the input I receive from all of you, the operators that participated. Please send clear, in focus, high resolution
Right here: http://www.dxconvention.org/contest/ Please share this info with All The Right People. Any questions, I'm the one to ask - 73 jeff wk6i ps: This is NOT Dayton! :) -- Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff
...have been posted to the ARRL web site: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2018/2018%20RTTY%20Roundup%20-%20Preliminary%20Results%20-%20Version%202%2003.pdf Things: 1. I'm now starting o
Thousands of you were kind enough to point out the two typos in the posted article that we missed. Thanks for that. Here's the corrected results: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2018/20
If you want a domestic contest with fewer hours, a shorter exchange, and you can work everyone on all bands... guess what, it's called the North American QSO Party. And bonus! It happens TWICE a year
Yes history - ARRL has a history of near zero interest in RTTY contests. Roundup is the only one. RTTY Roundup wasn't even initially an ARRL contest, and I've never been entirely clear what moment of
Any name the same as or similar to a state/province is problematic. Anyone named AL should really consider other options. :) DAWN would seem to be a good choice. Or just go with ED. 73 jeff wk6i -- J
NEWS: We have sponsors and there will be a raffle with Real Radio Gear - just like the big kids' contest dinner in Dayton! Not to mention a fun and interesting program! Get your tickets NOW right her
I'm not sure that Writelog doesn't already support this proposed feature, but they do several releases a year, and I can't imagine they wouldn't add support for this change, if needed. 73 jeff wk6i -
Get your tickets NOW right here: http://www.dxconvention.org/contest/ I need to give the caterer a final count on Monday. Note that tickets at the door are a very iffy possibility. We have a fun and
Here's the direct link. If it stops working it means a corrected version has been posted so just navigate there normally. http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ContestResults/2018/2018% 20RTTY%20Roundup%20-