Thanks to Dave (KM3T) we now have last year's pileup tape on www.contesting.com available through a Real Audio feed. I copied the tape through the feed and it sounded great. 73 Bill, W4AN Bill Fisher
Wouldn't it be nice if the contest program gave an effective rate for contests where the QSO point distribution is different for the low bands? Switchable of course to regular old rate. Last 10 QSO's
VAA21285 Sender: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C W4AN WPX CW 1997 I always thought that keeping in shape helped my contesting. Something about the
I always thought it would be a neat feature for multi's to be able to set up a ring of multiops that you exchange bandmap information with during the contest. The bandmap info could be updated with t
If you are maintaining a WWW site of contest records could you please pass me the URL ??? I would like to add a section to the web site which will point people to these records. Is anyone compiling t
VAA21285 Sender: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C W4AN WPX CW 1997 I always thought that keeping in shape helped my contesting. Something about the
VAA21285 Sender: owner-cq-contest@contesting.com Precedence: bulk X-Sponsor: W4AN, KM3T, N5KO & AD1C W4AN WPX CW 1997 I always thought that keeping in shape helped my contesting. Something about the
In CQ Magazine this month the rules of the IARU read as follows: Categories: Single Operator, CW only, phone only, and mixed modes. Multi-Operator, single transmitter, mixed mode only. Stations must
Ken, K4ZW (Ex KE9A/4) was nice enough to send me his 80M single band log from WPX CW. I was interested in seeing what he was working. The one thing that stands out to me is the lack of USA guys that
I don't wait. If he doesn't sign his callsign in what I believe is a reasonable amount of time... he gets my call dumped at him. When it becomes more of a problem to not sign than it does to sign, t
Please <<<<PLEASE>>>> do not send messages like this to a reflector. 99% of the people on the reflector do not even know you, not to mention that they dont care about your email address changing. The
I dont know anyone that is serious about contesting in the northeast that is optimizing antennas with no concern for F/B. Everyone I know is trying to maximize it. If I lived there, I'de be trying t
A) Single operator - phone-only, CW-only and mixed-mode. One person performs all operating and logging functions. Use of spotting nets is not permitted. All operators must observe the limits of thei
If you can type fast, computer logging is faster and less fatiguing. Maybe its faster for you, but not this op. 73 Bill Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://www.contesting.com - -- CQ-Contest on WWW: h
Yes I use Dave Pruett's switchbox described in the NA manual. It makes operating SSB with two radios just like operating CW with two radios. Everything is automatic. If I hit the F4 key (my call) an
I've operated this contest twice from W6, many times from Missouri, and many more from Georgia. This contest, because of its time of year, point structure, and multiplier structure, is the closest th
K3ZO: I've never heard either stated. But obviously a level playing field was never a concern. That's why when a contest comes along that does have rules in place where a W6 might actually feel like
I was under the impression that HQ stations were activated by the organizers of the contest. I guess this is not the case. I guess if you are member, you have the option to be active or not? If this
No such thing as luck. You make a good decision or a bad one. Same can be said for life IMO. 73 Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://www.contesting.com - -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.co
If you can type fast, computer logging is faster and less fatiguing. Maybe its faster for you, but not this op. 73 Bill Bill Fisher, W4AN (EX KM9P) http://www.contesting.com - -- CQ-Contest on WWW: h