Hi all - if you have some stories to share about your operation in ARRL 2006 DX Phone, please take a few minutes to post them on the ARRL Soapbox Web page at www.arrl.org/contests. Not only are they
As with last year's writeup of the ARRL DX Phone results, I am fortunate to be assisted by very able contesters from each of the ARRL Divisions, plus continental coverage, too! These guys have all th
Hi folks, Your favorite Washington contest returns to the airwaves from 1600Z Sep 16 - 0700Z Sep 17 and 1600Z - 2400Z Sep 17. We have a new digital category and, as always, will provide a nice photo
Ditto here - I got my hands on the station at W0EEE at Univ of Mo - Rolla as a freshman. SB301/401/220, CL-36 at 100' or so and wires. I was sharing with WB9FSL, WA0RAD, WA0ACF, and others. Probably
22 July 2006 We've just concluded a successful and exciting WRTC2006. We owe a big debt of thanks to the Brazilian contest and DX community for expending so much of their time and effort on WRTC. Obr
Hi Igor, The Sanctioning Committee is a group that comes from the previous WRTC Organizing Committees. (K7SS, N0AX - 1990; W6OAT, K3EST - 1996, S50A - 2000, OH2BH - 2002, and now PY5EG - 2006) After
I''m pleased to announce that the full writeup for the 2006 ARRL DX Phone contest is now open to ARRL members at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2006/dxphone/ . As soon as the Septe
I certainly have no problems losing a few seconds here or there. In fact, most of the time I feel like I'm desperately rushing about trying to catch raindrops in a (very) leaky bucket and hoping I m
"We need to figure out how to make some these ploys part of the next WRTC!" They already are. Anyone that hasn't figured out the necessary ploys does not get the necessary operating time to qualify.
Sorry for the group pesterment, but I'm looking for an email address for WT4I or anyone associated with the WT4I Cabrillo tools. 73, Ward N0AX _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
In 1932, W7AAT made 9 QSOs over two weeks and won the Montana section. No word on how many other Montana section competitors turned in their logs... 73, Ward N0AX ___________________________________
The World Radiosport Team Championship Sanctioning Committee (WRTC-SC) is pleased to announce that in 2010 WRTC will be held in Russia for the first time! The Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii (SRR) is th
"I did see several cries for NL on the cluster and was tempted to respond" Um, is it just me or does making a spot with "Please spot [pick what you need]" or "I need [xxx]" qualify as a solicitation
U stands for Unlimited, but that does not mean we can do anything we want on the spotting networks. There are still fairly clear rules for the various categories about what constitutes acceptable us
Using the spotting networks to send and receive spots is just fine in the M category - subject to the following two rules from the General Rules at http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-a
When asked "What is complementary to truth?" the eminent physicist Neils Bohr replied, "Clarity." Read any User's Agreements lately? It is very difficult to write simple rules that accomplish the go
with the ARRL 160 Meter Contest." Until then, please submit Cabrillo 2.0 format. Cabrillo 3.0 is already being accepted by the CQ WW log acceptance robots. 73, Ward N0AX ____________________________
A very nicely done DX video starring Hermann Munster. Anyone willing to subtitle the Spanish? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5LAOi5fZKc&NR Aliente! 73, Ward N0AX ____________________________________
EI5DI wrote...and I appreciate the depth of consideration... That's not Single-Op Assisted, that's (technically) Multioperator. The definition of "Assisted" in both CQ and ARRL contests is specifical
There are an infinite number of shades of grey. (George Carlin's "But what if they cross the International Date Line then, father?" comes to mind...) This particular example shouldn't change the cat