WPX does not have a TB/wires category. They have a Tribander / Single element antenna category. A tribander is very carefully defined, and it's reasonably clear what a single element antenna is. Even
By that last definition, a dipole has two elements as well.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 _______
Some, I can see -- but probably in the opposite mode! The frequency cops aren't the real dxers. The Real DXers will keep quiet and listen, and in doing so, work the DX. (Or so it says in the "DX Powe
Go back and read what was said. It doesn't say that during a contest, contestors can do whatever they want. That's clearly how you are interpreting it. "Avoid willful interference and be as courteous
Makes one glad to be a mediocre contestor -- never have to worry about whether or not you'll be invited to WRTC.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand yea
So, you're saying that everyone who is not invited to participate in WRTC is a non-contester? And while most people can run, a few can go a lot faster than most.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail:
Let's just say it's not a sign you want to use in polite company.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 _
I had this happen last year with EA1WX - 80m QSO was confirmed by LoTW, but it was a NIL contact in the adjudication. Weird. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a tho
Define "true dual receive". For my money, "true dual receive" means that when transmitting on one frequency, a receiver tuned to another band using another antenna still operates. So far as I have be
Very likely, this is because of the vanity callsign program. Fifteen or twenty years ago, you'd work a bunch of A* USA prefixes, and a lot of 2x1 callsigns in a contest. Today, most of those have opt
The web site can be found here: http://gqp.contesting.com/ Congratulations to the Costal Amateur Radio Society and the Florida Contest Group for being the top club scorers both inside and outside Geo
I've always hated this practice. If you are struggling to copy the contest CW, and you only pick out a few letters each time you hear the call, the CQ or TEST at the end is always confusing. You're m
Is the fact that you can't on-the-fly mix and match mismatched sets of IF filters a really crucial issue? If you have both 250 and 500 Hz filters, what's the advantage of using a wider one in the fir
I always thought you judged a frequency by the rate that it produced, not by how it sounded. One year, I showed up at a local club Field Day at 11 pm. They put me on 40m SSB, which wasn't apparently
Perhaps the example was poor, but the point is still valid. What makes a frequency "good"? Dave implied that it depends on how interference-free the channel was. My point was that a frequency is only
I always thought this was somehow broken. I certainly would enjoy perusing the pictures. More than once I've seen an interesting picture only to go back and find it was gone. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-
But, if one has an General class license, where in the 75m band would you have them operate, if not above 3850? Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years w
Just submit your entry as Single-Band 20m. The contest judges will ignore the 15m contacts when computing your score. However, they will use them to verify the contacts with other stations, so don't
I can think of two responses two this, both of which remind me strongly of the late W4AN. The first would be to paraphrase another of Bill's statements, "If you are going to stop in the middle of a r
You can't. Cabrillo has the philosophy that only contest judges score logs, so there's no indication of how many points each contact is in the format. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.ne