Excellent work! Pure distance scoring is a great start. I'd like to next see a distance based computation for QSO points, while retaining multipliers. It is a lot more challenging from here in easter
Some ergonomic things I have found that I like, but don't seem to be especially common among others: 1. Having the keyboard below desktop level, on a pull out tray. At guest op locations I may even p
It does pay to not rely too much on data bases, whether electronic or neuronic. In the September CW Sprint, five guys (out of my 120 qsos) logged me in Ohio. Unfortunately they lost the qso because I
The data base must have been confused by a couple of my scores. Several times back in the good old days of zero point same-country qsos, I decided to get on and work some guys. I had a modest number
ARRL is different from CQWW, where the calling USA station may very well n eed you for a multiplier. In CQWW you should log everyone who calls. In ARRL it is quicker to work them than to say "sri no
Can someone tell me what the cut number J is supposed to represent? Guys keep sending 5nnjtt and I can't decide if they mean 100 or 200! Randy, K5ZD == Perhaps it means neither 100 or 200, but rather
The results for the 2009 Ohio QSO Party have been posted at the OhQP web site, www.ohqp.org Congratulations to the winners: Ohio: KW8N Single Op High Power K8O (K2KW opr) Single Op Low Power N8IW Sin
I fill in the usual info - date, time, frequency, and his SWL "call". I draw a line through the RST field, since I have no idea how strong he was :>) I also cross out the "2-way QSO" words in the usu
I would suggest that in state stations should not sign /CTY if they are not mobile or otherwise changing counties. Every time I hear that from a station that I do not think is a mobile, I have to che
W3WW would have no reason to sign /4 if he was in any of the seven 4-land states not the focus of the FQP. FL/W3WW would be a French Department. W3WW/FL would not. Sort of like W3WW/QRP. Who actually
Anyone need a roommate at the Crowne Plaza for Saturday night? I'm staying elsewhere Thursday and Friday, and have a room booked there for Saturday, but my roommate is going home Saturday evening. 73
Perhaps. Has anyone ever tried slowing down RTTY to about quarter speed in order to try to learn to copy it in one's head? (Not that I would recommend that out of interest for one's sanity :>) 73 - J
If you require a 1A station, in order to be competitive, to have a GOTA station, a VHF station, and all that other bonus point stuff, there then becomes no category for any groups of between 3 and ma
FWIW the Crowne Plaza web site lists rooms for Thursday though Saturday night of Dayton at $165.00 plus tax. This is up from $153.67 for one week earlier. Don't know if you can actually make a reserv
If you enter as Multi-Single, I hope you followed the ten minute on a band rule. And that's ten minutes on the same mode as well as same band. Off hand, I believe the ARRL contests where packet gets
In a perfect world, penalties for busted qsos would be related to the reported signal report. If you give the guy a 59(9) and bust his info, you must be pretty bad at copying signals that are, by you
This one is maybe even better for the TowerTalk folks, but I'm not currently active there. http://www.ohio.com/news/98901254.html Ouch! 73 - Jim K8MR _______________________________________________ C
Jose, Thanks for the FB data search and the interesting opinions. I would like to elaborate on one of your listed reasons, and to add another, for the big increase in qsos over the years. First, comp
The fall State QSO Party Season kicks off this Saturday, August 28, with the Ohio QSO Party. Over the next eight weeks there will be well established events featuring OH, TN, WA, TX, CA, PA, NY, and
This Saturday is the Ohio QSO Party, from 1600z to 0400z Sunday. Exchange serial number and QTH. Suggested frequencies are 45 KHz up on CW, and 3825, 7200, 14250, 21300, and 28450 on SSB. Multipliers