Propagation beacons are one of the more useful tools in a DX'er's and contester's arsenal, as they can give you a passive indication of propagation on a particular band to a particular part of the wo
With all due respect... the beacon network, as I recall, didn't get "shoved" into the digital sub-band; if anything, it was the other way around. Why are we even discussing the potential for moving t
It didn't help that after MARAC had put their list together, some of the MARAC people started demanding that all state QSO parties switch to their abbrevriations. As I recall, one state QSO party did
I've had a few occasions, usually in the Pa QSO Party, when I've made contacts with stations in another contest. When the exchange with the "other" contest was a SN, I simply gave the same SN as my P
I just got off the phone with Randy N3ZK. His certificate arrived in the mail today -- once he got home, he was thrilled. (His wife called him at work to try to tell him what came, but something got
Aren't we putting the cart before the horse here? (1) How big a problem is it really to handle multiple state QSO parties or multiple contests on the same weekend at the same time? How many contester
No problem. I'll just have to fire up the Swan 350, take the covers off, and operate by the lights of the drivers & finals for an hour! <g> And remember, the only time you need to be Politically Corr
Oh no. That would conflict with the Poisson d'Avril contest. Didn't see any announcements about it this year. Not to worry; since I'm announcing it, you should also know that I won it this year. Trus
Not that I condone the practice of US amateurs not knowing where they're allowed to operate (far from it); the problem, Doug, that as a non-US licensed amateur, how would you be reasonably expected t
Ah. I see the problem. I operated in the San Seriff Poisson d'Avril contest. And have already been declared the winner by my friend Siddhartha. You may have heard of him. He was very famous for a sho
Well, it's very simple. You copy and log what is sent, not what the computer says was done in years past. Failure to do so at your own (score's) peril. The check is supposed to be the year the operat
Tree, I think you can take your tongue out of your cheek now. My only point in mentioning the "lap" in checks is simply that for three more years, there will be certain checks that are not possible.
Technically, no, since you are not getting live, real-time, on-air-at-the-time help from another human being... just a reference from past activities from a database file. But... if you're not comfor
The information after the slash is important if it indicates a different DXCC entity than the one indicated by the station call (for example, KP2/W3WN). It is not important, for DXCC purposes, if it
I think Tom has missed my point. There is, so far as I know, NO single set series of rules governing the ?/? situation. There can?t be, as the rules can change due to the administration using them, t
It appears that there's a better-than 50/50 chance that I'm going to be in Washington, DC (Alexandria VA actually) on the evening of Saturday, July 11th, with absolutely nothing to do except sit in t
Well, I see your point Sandy. Here's the thing, though (IMHO, of course). It's one thing to set up & remotely operate, if you can manage the expense and other headaches, a station at some point on th
If I work a station in the contest who says he's in Pottslyvania, and another who says he's in Mooslyvania... but all the time the operators are sitting comfortably in their home QTH of Frostbite Fal
There's a rule too often ignored! < snip > The current rules advise that UNSPORTSMAN-LIKE BEHAVIOR will subject the entrant to DQ. < snip > _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
I'm curious. Why is there such a strong push for this "Extreme" category, on the [as yet unproven] grounds that it will improve the radio art and increase participation by others. but appears to only