After getting docked in SS for going over the 24 limit, I think I have figured out the time thing. If you have log entries for 2100Z through 2130Z, you have operated 31 minutes. Minute 1 is 2100Z, mi
I agree with Tree that you have to do this because not everyone starts the contest at 0000Z or 2100Z. If I start at 2115Z for SS, I shouldn't lose 15 minutes of my allocated 24 hour operating time. T
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General HF Rules: 2.3.1. Multioperator, Single Transmitter: Stations are allowed only one transmitted signal at any given time. Yes, different than CQWW -- The world's top contesters battle it out in
Cut numbers got so confusing at times that I was scratching my head late in the contest when someone sent me 5W. I kept thinking to myself, what cut number is W? Is it 51? Then I had a Homer moment..
Exactly, which is why I prefer to start with the obvious, CQ and not TEST. I disagree with that. As a Low Power S&P single op, I find that if I am tuning in "mid-CQ" and all I hear is the callsign, I
I agree with you, but many CW machines do not leave much space after the call and the K. If you only give the call once, they you might think that the K is part of the call. I like to hear the call t
As it has been pointed out before, if I am tuning the band, I might miss your preamble. I hear your call, once, maybe twice. Are you calling someone? Are you calling CQ? Are you repeating your call a
Could be. I hadn't heard of using NV instead of TEST until today. But, if I were you, I would program in a half space between the N and V or something that so it doesn't sound like a fast TEST. -- Th
It just doesn't happen on 40M. I was mostly on 15M during the contest, however, I occasionally went over to the 160M station when it wasn't occupied and I was still conscious. I had to laugh at an ex
Icom radios using the CI-V bus in the past could always be linked. I wonder if that could be done through the CI-V? Probably not, as the individual receivers don't have separate addresses and there i
With deep respect for you and your family Ellen, I think that the real point is that we need to get more younger hams interested in contesting (and in ham radio in general). At some point, we were th
I agree with you on this, but I can also add, that saying both will sometimes get through too. Just like changing the phonetics on your call. I prefer the single digits though. Especially those who s
One can draw one of two conclusions from the above statement concerning W2SZ. Either it is a supposition or you have been able to examine the logs. If it is the former, you are speaking without knowi
I assume you are talking about CW. I would agree with you that a TU, CFM, or R should be sent. But on SSB, I think that just the call is acceptable. Information can be conveyed with the tone of your
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Doesn't it make sense that the ARRL should enter contest logs into LoTW? After all, they can verify QSOs by cross checking the logs of many of the participants. If they consider the post-UBN logs as
I would agree to some extent, but there were times when I got the call wrong the first time and the exchange clarified it. Having the phonetics helped. Also, I used that part of the exchange as a fil