"Asians and Europeans traveling to the Carib for contests?" Huh I don't think so. They don't even do so even when times are normal. By "Asians" you of course mean Japanese; they can't even mount an e
For the record, the Palos Verdes Sundancers "retired" 41 years ago, in July 1979. I have the final issue of the West Coast DX Bulletin in my archives to prove it. cain -- Lighten up people! Then a fe
Can somebody build a radio with an internal keyer with Auto Correct? That would be good. If somebody can sell snake oil software that "decodes" signals that don't exist, surely some other genius coul
I was referring to human-generated Morse code. You know, using an electronic keyer that makes a string of dits or dahs, that the "operator" moves a single-pole, double-throw switch, called a "paddle.
If I were "searching for the purity and sanctity of human sent CW" I'd be using a straight key. But no worry! My original post was only a joke anyway. cain -- Yes, I assumed that was the case, Jim. B
I saw/listened to somebody "operating" Dr DX at a club meeting circa 1981 or 1982. Ho-hum. Simulated amateur radio. I was 33 years old and sure as hell had better things to do with my time. Now, near
I found the QST product review, December 1984, so I was off by a couple of years in my earlier post, but I stand by my comments. To me the sad thing about the QST product review, which goes on and on
to my own." I disregard ALL scores when comparing them to mine. cain -- "How about the guest operator who shows up before the contest for a single-op operation, while the host spends the weekend fix
R.I.P. Roger. You were one of my contesting heroes nearly 60 years ago, as W1JYH.. I can still hear your bug in the ARRL CD Parties. You guys dying who are only 27 years older than I are making me fe
How to define "Single Operator" is one of those big, hairy questions that will never be answered, like "Is Earth flat?" The answer -- of course -- is to create new categories to cover every possible
This is what I get for having The Onion and cq-contest near each other in my Favorites list. cain K1TN -- Hi Alan, Have you applied for DXCC Challenge yet? More than one hundred PVRC members have. Si
No, Randy, it's for real! But the winner has already been announced, and the winner is K1DG. cain K1TN -- April fools day came early? Would love to hear some of the reasoning behind this rather radic
I know it's late to ask, but is there any software that will flag a call sign either BLUE or RED? Asking for a friend. cain K1TN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing lis
Is it time to resurrect the "What is the correct CK to send?" thread yet? I miss it terribly. cain K1TN Hi Jim, 1963 http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/46428 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From:
Dang, Jim, you're right. I stand corrected! I see that the exchange element was referred to as "CK-RST." I'm too lazy to look to see when they went to "Year first licensed," but it was sometime after
At the 2004 Dayton Hamvention I got in the elevator at the hotel and there was John Devoldere, ON4UN, with a Ten-Tec Orion under his arm. It had a problem he couldn't fix and he had hauled it all the
I. Set up a station where you live II. Get in the contest III. Make QSOs IV. Use your shortwave radio, not the internet V. Don't think about certificates, plaques, records. cain K1TN ________________
PY2NY, you are absolutely right! Most of us diligently submit our logs to the contest sponsor (and send our log to LotW, too). Of course, we have no right to wish that casual ops do so; we are just g
I can see it now! In CW contests we will be required to begin every exchange with "Please copy" (sent in Morse, of course). This will "align" CW contests with phone contests. Just one more step in th
Just to be very clear, I am the one who started this silliness with this posting: -- I can see it now! In CW contests we will be required to begin every exchange with "Please copy" (sent in Morse, of