Yaaay Brett - well said. Whatever the pros and cons of IDing every QSO or every 20 QSOs are, and whatever rules contest organisers choose to impose, compliance with the regulations set by the relevan
My Heathkit SB-200 had an RCA socket for exciter input - (since changed for BNC.) Guess they were trying to differentiate the input and output - the RCA audio socket must have been cheaper than BNC,
In 1954, (while I was 4th op on a passenger ship, copying press, London Copyright Press or RCA, at 25 wpm each evening on the 8-12 watch), on one occasion I heard the text repeated - about 2 to 3 wor
Hi all, I must support both Kirk K4RO and Rin JG1VGX for sending QSL cards - OK I know that many of us don't need or even care about QSL cards, but what contesters need to remember is that if you get
WM5R makes some very pertinent comments - neglecting to ID is purely and simply to increase the QSO rate, at the expense of the pile-up. This practise might have some merit in a DXpedition/ DXers sit
Hi All, Jamie, <This is a good thread, showing the wide variety of views within <the contesting community on time/contest committments... < <In sum, this is all about motivation. Making the best scor
I have found some lightweight stereo headphones with small foam pads that don't put any pressure on the upper ear - no problem with conventional earhooks. Brand is 'Digitor' - real cheap. Two cable-t
ZL6A is the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) Headquarters callsign for the 2004 IARU Contest. We will be operating on all bands - operators John ZL1BHQ, Baz ZL1DD and Ken ZL1AIH.
Yes, I still keep a "Station Notebook" - in fact several notebooks. Antenna changes, equipment changes, station configuration and any measurements I make during those changes so that I can retrace my
SS CW coincided with the ZL SKN, which was a leisurely affair leaving time to log some strong sigs from the US - Sunday 7th between 0700 and 0830UTC. They included :- W2GD K7OX N2OW N6HC W4RM W4MYA N
Sorry - I omitted to the say that the ZL SKN was on 80m. 73 Ken ZL1AIH _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Hi Barry, Duelling two radios on the same band can improve your score from a little to a lot, depending on the contest - biggest advantage for me is in sprints/local 80m contests. A W4AN switch-box p
Hi All, I've had so many requests for info about the late-W4AN's SO2R switching that perhaps it's better to post to the list. Via QSL.net, go to OK1RR DX & Contesting page - see 'Two Radio Single-op'
In the ARRL DX Contest, I was forced to use the same tactic as VR2BrettGraham - after a few minutes into a run, with a rate of 100+/hr the mob would arrive, driving my rate down below 30. Although I
Hi All As an old contester, (but a newbie to SO2R) I still get a rush out of a 120+ per hour run when it happens - wish it happened more often <g> The computer and TRlog and others eliminated the par
Hi Randy, It was fascinating to listen to our two QSOs - 40m sounds just as noisy as it was here but the 15m QSO was armchair copy. Many thanks for both the points and the recording. 73, Ken ZL1AIH (
ZL6A New Zealand (NZART) 73, Ken ZL1AIH _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Yuri wrote :- Tree wrote :- QSOs on 160 meters before and after the time of the "QSO" as shown in the K3BU log. It looks like the inconvenient truth is that these NILs had nothing to do with a M/S ru
Hi All, For CQWW CW next week end, I checked an IC- 746PRO in a Multi-Single arrangement. Listening with an IC-781, the 746 generated severe wideband noise during key-up condition. Reversing the rigs
off my xmit frequency. This is the first time I recall making a mental note of this occurring in a contest. I had my skirts set at 300 and then 500. Some were off enough that I thought it was adjacen