The Signal Point Station PJ2T (Top DX M/M in ARRL CW, Top (claimed) M/2 score in ARRL SSB (for a three-peat)) runs Writelog. The mentioned automatic merging of logs with any QSOs made during a possib
It's hardly the first time for "incentives". How many people recall sometime in the early 80s when Martti OH2BH offered a bottle of Madeira wine to anyone who worked him at CT3BZ on six (five?) band
Tommy: I think MorseRunner from VE3NEA (same guy who did the excellent DX Atlas product) is an AMAZING CW pileup simulator! http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/ It's freeware, so even the cheapest am
This is probably a good thing. IBM hasn't made a good business decision in a couple of decades. This doesn't bode well for BPL. 73, Jeff K8ND _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
All of the PJ2T Cabrillo contest logs have been published on the Club web site (www.pj2t.org) from the first operation there in 2000 through the last submitted log. I never much understood why UBN r
Can someone direct me to the correct issue of NCJ containing an article about the comparison of the FT-1000MP vs. the FT-1000MP Mk V for contesting use? I mentioned the article to someone, and now ca
Steve: There are a couple of corner station photos and lots of ideas at: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/Radio/K8ND_SO2R.htm 73, Jeff Maass K8ND _______________________________________________ CQ
I finally found a reference to the article - it was published in the March/April 2003 issue of National Contest Journal (NCJ) - "Choosing a New Radio: Which 'MP Would it Be?" by VE1OP. Unfortunately
Reality check. The Hamvention (r) is never going to move out of Hara, if: 1) Hara is still available; 2) It costs one dollar more to rent a different facility; 3) It takes **any** of the control of t
G'day Bob: ARRL doesn't want Cabrillo logs for FD. All you send is a summary sheet, list (checksheet) for each band/mode, and proofs of bonus points. http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/rules-fd-
The CQWW Records are listed at: http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/All-Time%20ReCW&SSB%2004com91404.pdf 6Y2A currently has the North American CW Record (39.2M), not the World Record. Their web site does
Yuri: Thanks for this! It'd be nice if the CQ folks would do this, and put the records on the web. They're doing it now for CQWW. (Don't forget to update the ARRL 160 Contest records, too!) 73, Jeff
Due to work requirements, I am going to be unable to use the Signal Point Station (PJ2T) in the upcoming CQ 160 CW Contest, January 29-30. This means that the station can be made available to another
G'day Randy: Do you find that the W5XD keyer is a rotten manual keyer? I have two, we have one at Signal Point PJ2T. For SO2R and computer keying, it's great. We have Idiom CMOS-4 keyers in parallel
Others are pointing out some published materials, but here are a couple of random Rules for Success in contesting. Others will disagree and have other tips to add. 1) Make your station as reliable as
Yeah, but then you'd be stuck with an 706 MKII. It's a nice radio for a lot of reasons (size, performance) but is it the *best radio* under $900, especially for contesting? NO. Is a warrenty more imp
It needs to be pointed out that only a portion of the data in these regular "cluster spot analysis" summaries (possibly) represent any kind of rule violation - the self spotting sections, and the ev
I decided to try a new policy during a recent trip to PJ2. If someone called with other than their full call, their prefix became "I2". Example: Me: "PJ2/K8ND QRZ?" Caller: "XYZ" Me: "Italy Two XYZ
As one of the ops at the PJ2T Multi/2 operations for the past two ARRL SSB Contests, I spent a lot of time on 40 meters operating split. We made 1665 QSOs on that band this year. I run hot and cold
The PJ2T logs are all submitted to LOTW soon after each contest by Caribbean Contesting Consortium (CCC) club Secretary W8TK. There are currently 175,145 QSOs represented in the system, all made sin