Since the 2008 IARU results were published, I recently received a report from a contester that some numbers didn't add up in their Log-Checking Report. After considerable review, it was determined th
Hello all: I left off one contest for this weekend. For the 24 hours of Sunday UTC, the Straight Key Century Club will have its monthly Week End Sprint. You will hear stations calling CQ SKS or CQ WE
Author: k4bai atworldnet.att.net (John T. Laney III)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:40:36 -0400
One of the responsibilities of managing a major worldwide event such as the CQ WPX Contest is to understand the opinions and motivations of the participants. Who are they? How do they operate? What d
Author: k4bai atworldnet.att.net (John T. Laney III)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:53:46 -0400
Dear Contesters, My call is YO2DFA and I am the contest manager of the YO DX Contest this year too. Thank you very much for participating at one of the YO DX Contests from the previous years. I would
All, This is a great thread -- thanks to N4ZR for starting it. I'm always interested in real data when topics like this one emerge. My email provider and I may both regret this, but if you're interes
This week, we'll use NS rules on *20/40/80m* for the Thursday practice, Aug. 27 local date in North America; Aug. 28 UTC. *30 minutes starting at 0230Z -- *Start 0230Z (1930 PDT, 2030 MDT, 2130 CDT 2
Hello all: Please send your replies to K1AR's survery to k1ar at aol.com. All that were sent to me or to the reflectors have been forwarded to K1AR. Thanks for your interest. 73, John, K4BAI.
Please keep your speed to a max of 18 WPM. Announcing the NCCC's (Northern California Contest Club) weekly Thursday night running of the SNS. The Slow Speed NS practice is from 0200z to 0215z (Friday
I always like to print out a copy of the official abbreviations for counties when I intent to operate in a state QSO party. I was unable to print out a copy of the list from the link on the rules pag
In summarizing the rules for the YO (Romanian) DX Contest this weekend, I failed to mention that everyone works everyone for points and multipliers, not just YO stations. Even stations in the same co
Author: k4bai atworldnet.att.net (John T. Laney III)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:54:32 -0400
SCANDINAVIAN ACTIVITY CONTEST 2009 The Norwegian Radio Relay League NRRL invites you to participate in the 51st Scandinavian Activity Contest, taking place during the following two weekends: CW ? Sep
Claimed Scores, Last Week's Contests: 1. ARRL Field Day Call CW Q Ph Q Dig Q Score Category Time State Club W4ATD 1443 1700 0 9,822* 2A LP? 24? AL K4SAV an op W4AN 1104 239 39 4,894* 4A LP 23:52 AL O
Copy of today' post to CQ-Contest. == Last week's NS (NCCC Sprint) had almost as high a participation as the NS Ladder series.our 2-week break from the 14-week NS Ladder. So . . . Thursday night NCCC
Author: k4bai atworldnet.att.net (John T. Laney III)
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:32:39 -0400
Announcing the NCCC's (Northern California Contest Club) weekly Thursday night running of the SNS. The Slow Speed NS practice is from 0200z to 0215z (Friday UTC, Thursday local time). That's starting