Before getting too committed to quarterly Sprints, consider this: When would you hold them, and with what would they conflict? Taking the midpoints beween the existing dates would put them in late Ju
With logs and results reduced to electronic files, it is not necessary for the sponsors to manage other awards. They would just have to cooperate with those who want to sponsor other "subset" awards.
How about this: Have a six hour DX sprint within a major 48 hour contest. Start the six hour edition at 1600 Z on Saturday. This is about when the sun comes up on the west coast. The extra difficulty
The results of the 2003 Ohio Bicentennial QSO Party have been posted at: http://www.oqp.us This is a new URL, though the old one will continue to work for the forseeable future. Congratulation to the
N4KM and K0LUZ's reports of their RFI problems from the AC-DC inverter prompts me to share some of my experience. For my first couple of years of mobile contesting I used such a setup, and tried to d
I realize that this is not judging by the criteria you listed, but I highly recommend the IC-746 or its more recent version of the IC-746PRO. I use the original IC-746 with 500 Hz filters at both IFs
The 75 meter HamStick does not come with enough "whip", but by adding a couple of top hat wires it will do fine on 80 cw. I have found that two # 12 stranded wires, fastened to the metal junction bet
As a mobile in several state qso parties each year, I run my IBM 760C with a "car adapter", i.e. a DC-DC inverter, supplied by a 26AH battery. After 12 hours the battery is pretty well sucked down (t
I've wondered if it might be that amateur radio provides a unique opportunity to practice speaking English with native speakers of various dialects, a highly valuable skill in today's world. In Europ
It's time to mark your calendars, whether paper, electronic, or mental, for the 2004 Ohio QSO Party on Saturday, August 28. This is a 12 hour event, from noon to midnight EDT (1600z to 0400z August 2
During the recent NAQP CW, I was having fun running some stations on 40 CW. Between callers, someone sent me a burst of CW that I didn't quite catch. After a couple of repeats, I believe he asked: UR
Up next in the world of contests is the Ohio QSO Party, this Saturday August 28, from noon to midnight EDT / 1600z to 0400z (Aug 29). Quick Start Info: 80 - 10 meters CW - up 45 khz SSB - 3850, 7225,
It's less than two days to the 2004 Ohio QSO Party - this Saturday, August 28, from 1600z to 0400z August 29 (noon to midnight EDT). Full rules, information, operating aids, etc., are at the OQP web
The Ohio QSO Party is today, Saturday, from 1600z to 0400z Sunday, or noon to midnight EDT. Frequencies: up 45 KHz on CW, and 3850, 7225, 14250, 21300, and 28450 on SSB. Exchange: Serial Number and Q
I haven't seen anything posted here, so I just wanted to provide a quick reminder that this weekend is the Pennsylvania QSO Party, starting at 1600z today (Saturday). It runs to 0500z Sunday, and aga
Not much hope trying transceive up above 7150 as we don't typically listen up there. My guess is that the USA multi-multis will now be trying to transmit between 7150 and 7200, listening both on thei
Perhaps a change in scoring could satisfy both packet lovers and packet haters: Score = ( Q - K*S ) * M Where: Q = QSOs S = Number of times that station is spotted K = an appropriate constant M = Mul
In the Janary 29 issue of "The Rate Sheet", Ward, N0AX, poses the question of whether there may be interesting but yet unrevealed alternatives to today's usual contest structures: (note: parts of War
Been there, done that... in the CW SS. Except I do about five contests in 30 hours (all from different stations). And it's every bit as much as fun as described above. My only surprise is that after
The results of the 2002 Ohio QSO Party are now posted at www.mrrc.net/oqp Thanks to all who participated, and congratulations to the winners: Single Operator: OH Hi Power W8AV (WX3M opr) OH Low Power