i sort of got my license for the sole purpose of contesting. i went to a Field Day site and checked out the activity. one of the operators explained that it was a contest to work as many stations as
I'll add my disgust at U.S. Tower, with their completely-out-of-place have-your-picture-taken-with-a-Playboy-bunny at Dayton this year. Although I'm reasonably happy with my year-old 72 foot crankup
A few more thoughts: Unfortunately the YLRL often has its contests during the middle of the week. Many women do work nowadays although for some reason, many women's groups often schedule during the w
Merri - So, rate is really not a challenge! Wow, what a concept.... Are you familiar with the European "fox hunting" idea? This is hiding a transmitter and everyone trying to find it with directional
And what other proof do we need to show that contesters are just simply getting OLD? Jim Neiger N6TJ (old, but not THAT old) OK. So Dayton ads a little Chippendale ;) I did not get a chance to chime
Not all Jim, not all: http://www.wwyc.net/meeting2004/ 73, Timo OH1NOA _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Hi Merri, Good "outside the box" thinking! You know, you don't have to start a brand new contest to do this. Just pick a contest and set up a scavenger hunt within it. As long your rules are compati
I have to honestly say that recruiting such a small percentage of hams would probably not benefit the future of contesting at all. If female hams want to contest, they will. Most probably will not. I
The surveys of all hams that ARRL conducted in 1992 and 2003 each showed that 13% of all USA hams were female. The 2003 survey showed that 5% of ARRL members were female. These numbers should be accu
not wanting to go into a subject that i really don't know about, a few years ago (10?) i saw on TV (front line?) a show about woman and how if they received an extra "dusting of testosterone" as a fe