Internet or telephone) to solicit a contact (or contacts) during the contest period is not permitted." So does this mean that Ping Jockey is not permitted during a contest, since it is used to set up
Gentlemen QSOs with a station that does not submit a log are indeed counted. A QSO is not removed from a submitted log merely because it is with a "unique" call. There could be other issues with the
Hi folks Certificates for the 2007 ARRL UHF Contest were mailed last Friday. Winners should see them in their mailboxes this week. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national ass
Congratulations, Dan! You were the first to discover the time warp back to the year 2005, when September 6 was indeed on a Tuesday. You get the no-prize of the month! I'll be happy to accept 2008 Aug
Hi Folks Certificates for the 2007 September VHF QSO Party went out the door yesterday. Certificate winners should receive them just in time to use as motivation to do well in this weekend's 2008 run
Hi folks Hurricane Ike is currently slated to land near Houston, TX early Saturday morning. While there are no known emergency communications taking place on any VHF+ SSB or CW frequencies, please be
K4GUN beat me to it! The PDF of the QST Article for the 2008 June VHF Contest results is now available for ARRL Members to view. The web article, with extra data and a longer writeup by K1DS, is bein
At the risk of criticizing folks who are probably already overloaded, I have to say that I was quite disappointed with the Scope of the reporting of the June VHF Contest Results on the WEB. One only
Hi folks At long last, the web version of the 2008 June VHF QSO Party writeup is online, along with the scores database and the LCR's. You can find it all here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/
Hi folks I am getting a lot of email from folks saying they cannot access their LCR's for the June VHF QSO Party that were just posted. I will look into this when I get into the office tomorrow. Just
Hi folks A minor issue with programming the database resulted in some LCR's not being visible. The Web Folks here at HQ solved the problem this morning and the LCR's should now be properly visible. T
Hello folks The 2008 ARRL August UHF Contest results are now available online at: http://www.arrl.org/contests/results 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest Branch Manager ARRL - The national association for
Hi folks The list of Logs Received for the 2008 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest and the 2008 ARRL EME contest are now online. You can find them here: http://www.arrl.org/contests/claimed/ 73, Sean Kutzko,
Hi Folks Certificates for the 2008 January VHF Sweepstakes went out the door early this week. Unfortunately, they went out the door without the event listed on the certificate. Replacement certificat
Gentlemen While I am not the ARRL Awards Manager, I am an active VHF'er and monitor these lists. I forwarded these questions to Bill Moore, NC1L, who is ARRL Awards Manager. (Eileen Sapko hasn't been
Hi folks Here's a couple of news items related to ARRL VHF Contests: 1) I know everybody is anxiously waiting for the 2008 September VHF web results to be released. Rest assured I'm doing everything
2.3.3.Rover vehicles must transport all the equipment, power supplies, and antennas used at each operating site. Would this exclude someone from towing a small utility trailer with antennas and such
== There is nothing that says that the 500 meter circle can't move...only that it stays in the Grid-4 and that all equipment must reside in it. As such, they are traditional single-ops. Ev, W2EV **
Hi Folks At long last, the 2008 September VHF QSO Party results are online. You can find them here: http://www.arrl.org/contest/results 10GHz results will follow soon. 73, Sean Kutzko, KX9X Contest B
Hi folks After reading Marshall's opinions on contesting philosophy, I thought I'd chime in with my own views on this matter. Before I proceed, let me fire off the disclaimers: 1) These are merely my