I do both #1 and #2 at different times and I'm not even sure why I choose differently one time over another. A real problem with #1 is that some responding stations will repeat their callsign even th
Fellow Contesters, The deadline for Contest-related DXpedition announcements for the March/April 2002 National Contest Journal issue is January 25. This issue should arrive in your mailboxes during t
ARRL DX CW Exchange: 1 he: test big0gun 2 me: ng3k 3 he: ng3 599 kw 4 me: tu ng3k 599 md 5 he: r big0gun test This is indeed the argument for: 4 me: ng3k And most of the time I do this, but if I beli
Thanks to everyone for their responses. Not surprisingly, not everyone sees this the same way. I am very much persuaded by VK5GN's argument for a "joint responsibilty" between the caller and the call
Fellow Contesters, The deadline for Contest-related DXpedition announcements for the May/June 2002 issue of the National Contest Journal issue is March 20. This issue should arrive in your mailboxes
Anybody know what's up with the FRC Web pages. All my links to FRC contest articles are broken (404 error) as of this morning, e.g., http://www.frc-contest.org/handbook/10mstrategy.htm TIA for any le
Jeff Maass wrote: Bill has put up pages for the upcoming CQWW 160 Meter DX Contests. CW: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2005.html SSB: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160s2005.html If you are planning to
[...] [...] Perhaps. But, there's a key difference. CW, with its structured and internationally known system of abbreviations, is a lingua franca for hams for whom speaking English is difficult or im
Pete Smith wrote: Speaking of beefs -- I send "472?" He sends "crash growl QRM 4 crash 2." Now you tell me, was it really 472 or some thing else? Did I have it right or not? Please folks, when someon
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: -- "Andy Drofa" <np3d@mail.ru> wrote: My call is NP3D and I live in Bayside, NY. I am going to participate in coming CQ WW CW Contest. Can someone suggest me what callsign I s
Schulz Jonathan wrote: Frustrating how? USA cannot work another USA for points in CQWW DX. If Andy signs NP3D, USA ops will think he's in PR and call him. No points for Andy, no points for callers. J
I'm experiencing the same problem. See: http://www.ng3k.com/virusalert.html I don't think most of this is the result of virus infections, but rather malicious E-mail address forgery (or "spoofing" as
Fellow Contesters, The deadline for Contest-related DXpedition announcements for the Sep/Oct 2002 issue of the National Contest Journal issue is July 20. This issue should arrive in your mailboxes du
I wasn't going to do this again this year, but since folks are sending me information I'm relenting. This is the URL for my list of HQ Stations planning to be active in the IARU HF World Championship
IOTA contesters may want to check: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2002.html This list is sorted by callsign, but users can also get tables sorted by DXCC-entity and IOTA number by clicking the correspo
I've just updated my Contest DX Operation Submission form: http://www.ng3k.com/Contest/consub.html to include the following contests: CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY (Sep 28-29, 2002) CQ World Wide
Hi John. Where are you looking? Try: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cq160c2006.html which is normally very reliable and is responding promptly at the moment. If there should be a problem there, try the mir
For those wishing to submit operation announcements for the Fall 2006 CQWW DX contests, I have added the option for each on the drop-down list on the submission page at: http://www.ng3k.com/Contest/c
FWIW, the following is the information I received from UA3DPX on Oct 25, 2006. 73, Bill/NG3K Contest: CQWW DX SSB (Oct 28-29) Submitter's callsign: UA3DPX Submitter's e-mail: ua3dpx@mail.ru Contest c
Cindy Bernard, W6BA's granddaughter, is working on an archive of SK W6BA's QSL cards. In particular she is seeking cards or replicas of cards that Bill, W6BA, sent out during his ham career. Anyone a