First of all, the TB-WIRE and ROOKIE categories are not regular entry categories. They are "Overlay Categories" which mean you can enter them in addition to one of the many regular SO categories. As
You can use as many physical radios as you want in WPX RTTY (and most contests). You are constrained by (1) having only one signal on the air at a time, and (2) the band change rule. Ed W0YK CQ RTTY
In the 2014 CQ WPX RTTY Contest two weeks ago there were no logs received that indicated Created By WF1B, but I suppose 1-2 might have been converted by a ADIF-Cabrillo converter or other log check a
The DXpeditions I'm familiar with use a standard logger, usually N1MM Logger, with MMTTY or, lately, 2Tone. I would stick to that basic setup. Setting up multiple decoders will reduce the number of r
FYI ... SB QST @ ARL $ARLB007 ARLB007 ARRL Board Requests Member Comments About Digital Modes ZCZC AG07 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 7 ARLB007 Newington CT March 3, 2014 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL
This fun, semi-annual event is just 2 days away. It offers a great way to improve your (RTTY) operating skills and enjoy yourself at the same time. If you find the contest format intimidating, see th
The RTTY Sprint starts tonight at 00Z. Don't miss it! This is 7pm EST and 4pm PST. (Daylight Savings Time change is tomorrow. Local time jumps ahead one hour at 2am local time Sunday.) More registere
As several have mentioned, here and in their 3830 Scores reports, there were an abnormally high number of "odd" exchanges and other operating techniques used in yesterday's RTTY Sprint. That's good n
There are 57 logs outstanding from last Saturday's NA RTTY Sprint. We would really like to receive them to aid in log checking. If you haven't already done so, please submit your log. If you do not w
I'm preparing a presentation for DX University in Visalia (the IDXC) in early April and could use your help. The topic is Introduction to Digital DXing. What do you think are the most important thing
Preliminary results for the NA RTTY Sprint held a week ago are now on the NCJ website (thanks K4RO!) at ncjweb.com/sprint-scores/preliminary/sprintrttymar2014prelim.txt LCRs are available upon reques
+1 I pretty much follow all that Don writes here. In addition, if the rate is moderate, say below 130/hour, and we have not worked on the other band, then I may send "QRV 28097.3" along with my TU/CQ
"Soliciting" is against most contest rules when it is done outside the contest period and/or by a means other than the mode and band(s) in which one is competing. For example, it is usually not OK to
Sure. In the same vein, using a radio and an antenna is "assistance". But in the context of contest rules "solicitation" and "assistance" have specific definitions that are much narrower than Webster
Great question, David. Regardless of mode, there is more ham radio activity on the higher bands (20 and up) than on 40, 80 and 160 meters. Largely, this is due to space constraints on antennas and a
There has been a weekly 30-minute RTTY Sprint every Thursday evening NA time for over a year now. It is announced each week on this reflector and CQ-Contest. Here is last week's announcement. I expec
What is the current feeling about stations who post their logs in eQSL and Club Log (not so much LoTW) before the contest log submission deadline expires? -- My current thinking is to upload to LotW
The good news is that the RTTY Contesting Forum will not overlap the other Contesting Forum this year. This is particularly nice since the first presentation in that forum is the announcement of the
I agree that bandwidth segmentation is the crux of RM-11708--retaining sub-bands where <500 Hz signals are protected from the QRM of wide-bandwidth signals. Unfortunately, we can't escape some techno