Now if I can come up with a good plan for working the world... and those in the other two contests from inside 7 land......--... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy> From: cainjim@mindspring.com> To: cq-contest@c
To all those that found me in the 7QP, thanks for the Qs.... it was fun, to the tune of taking a couple hours off for feedline repair still allowed me to make 316 Q 40 states 2 ves, and 40, 635... Le
The question I have, straight forward - no hidden agenda, no ultimate goals... very simple, why is skimmer being considered? This is a serious question with multi guess answers. 1. to gain a scoring
The question I have, straight forward - no hidden agenda, no ultimate goals... very simple, why is skimmer being considered? This is a serious question with multi guess answers. 1. to gain a scoring
Ok, now that there have been some very good suggestions... let me add my teeny bark... as it were. 1. Keep the rst ... use it as you want.. however.. it does some things for folks... and can easily b
All this, makes for better trained operators. Military, M-affiliate, NCS.. contesting, all trains better ops. That's pretty much explained in the manuals for traffic handling... that's why there is a
I oon't usually like the "me too" posts... but this one seems to hit the nail...directly... with no side effects.... and doesn't offend me... has all the positive needed, no negative. Way to go Eric!
And the other side of it is... if he actually needs a new mult, and the new mult hangs around for a while waiting for the callsign, but gives up waiting.. the chances are slim to not even, that that
I'm planning to put Wy on, although y'all might need to listen a bit off the beaten path, I'll be running QRP. And I don't expect to run as much as the big boys, but I do intend to have a lot of fun.
Wow, Hal, that is a mighty fine piece of analysis. I'm impressed. Now if we could find a way to turn the tide a bit.... I'm planning to do my part and be on from here, with as much antenna as I can f
I agree it is a pity that there were such that felt they needed to scurry away... What I really feel is bad, is that there were any to begin with.--... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008
Well, I liked the view... then and now... and.. I will like the view of my FAT log, being sent in.. that is if it is FAT because all you are in it.... now what does that take? First, me being there..
It seems to me, that the rules cover the call sign rather effeciently. So.. if I am given an exchange that doesn't fit the rules... I ask for the necessary fills, if not given.. NIL is the result. No
Proof, beyond any doubt, Tom, that there is no satisfying everyone. There are going to be folks that are unhappy... with something.. or an axe to grind.. or simply unhappy... guess the answer is to k
And being adept at recognition of the possible situation, will make it easier for you to maintain the overall push to get Qs in the log. Try working the 160 test ..without all the mentioned tricks in
That musta been the crowd that pretty much coerced me to chase contests on cw... and if I could make any kinda rate at all... on 14.274.5, I would. Not so sure that that would be considered deliberat
I've been contesting from a small station, for a number of years, and I echo your comments David, Why bother... what good does it do... and to me, it begs an answer for Have the contest participants
But I am encouraging my 2nd harmonic to get into ham radio, and become a contester too... I thought we wanted new young blood in the hobby...*G* I know.. outta context, and all that... but I couldn't
I also recognize and know many of the calls. However I was on 160 and on 1827.5 a number of times.. but MY call isn't there... should I feel slighted? That is only one piece of the multi faceted situ
another thought, this problem never was noticed in all the years that 3.700 and below was designated sole use for cw. Now, I'm pretty sure that there are enough OOs and FCC monitoring stations to pic