A number of plaques for the WPX SSB contest have become available for sponsorship, effective with this year's recent contest. Plaques may be sponsored by individuals, clubs, and may be dedicated as a
Please plan to attend the Contest Forum, Saturday, May 16, 12:30PM - 2:30 PM in Room 1. There has been one change since the publication of the speaker list on the Hamvention Web site and program book
As Randy said on his blog, over 2000 certificates went out for each mode of CQWW last year. To put things in perspective, that means about 25% of the entrants in the CQ contests get a certificate. 73
I am looking for a couple of speakers to fill out the program at the 2016 Dayton Hamvention Contest Forum. If you have done something interesting that you want to share (or brag about), or if you hav
As has been pointed out, the generators used at WRTC2014 were indeed Honda EU2000is. We observed that they were completely RF-quiet on 40-10M, but produced a small amount of noise on 80M - about s3 i
MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO POISSON DAVRIL CONTEST New overlay categories added, log-checking technology investments, and new award program The Poisson dAvril Contest, one of the highlights of the radios
In the interest of saving bandwidth, I propose we redefine the QRU Q-signal to mean "Rules Unfair". Usage: "QRU (contest name) (region enjoying an advantage)" Meaning: "The (contest) is unfair becaus
I have received several emails in the past two days from European stations asking for the number of the QTC groups I sent them. All are claiming it is a bug in N1MM+ generating a Cabrillo file missin
That?s just like the one later down the page in the FAQ that states the ID The 59 competing WRTC2014 stations all used 1x1 callsigns. The station licensees were volunteers in our organization (all Ex
I am looking for a couple more papers to complete the program for the Contest Forum. Please let me know if you are interested in participating. Any contest-related topic is welcome. The Hamvention fo
I heard yesterday that Bob Morris, W4MYA/W4ML, has begun home hospice. Bob always greeted his friends with a hearty "Hey, Dude!" whether in person or on the air. The North American QSO Party CW conte
For many years, the ARRL International DX Competition rules specified that the exchange for DX stations was a 5-digit number (6 on CW) consisting of a signal report and "approximate 3-digit transmitt
With one hour remaining, the online Pd'A scoreboard (which you are now reading) indicates that K1DG has built an insurmountable lead and will win again this year. The old Poisson d'Avril Web site got
If you were at Dayton, you may have helped with this. I created an advance version of the WRTC2018 results, and used crowd-sourcing technology. I know the DLs will be busy after the contest, so I tho
While we are petitioning to keep WWV on the air, lets suggest updating the programming...something like this: https://youtu.be/9CpsPgXyIm8 73, Doug K1DG ______________________________________________
I have a couple of openings for speakers in the Dayton Hamvention Contest Forum. If you are interested in giving a talk or have an idea for a talk and a suggested speaker, let me know. 73, Doug K1DG
It was December 2014. Big ugly signal appeared on 1915 +/-about 10 kHz. Various reports on the Topband reflector pointed to the signal probably originating in the Canadian Maritimes. Some additional
Here is the lineup for the Contest Forum presentations. The Forum will be held on Saturday, 2 PM - 3:50 PM. I encourage contesters to also attend the last part of the DX Forum immediately before the
These recordings are an impressive demonstration of the benefit of Many years ago, Clarke Greene, K1JX, casually mentioned that he had determined adding 1dB to your signal strength would result in a
Jukka, OH6LI, reminded me of his WWROF Webinar on this subject. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNKZ3ifU5Qg Lots more detail on antenna cost-per-dB options than my presentation.