My 6.4 cents worth (inflation) What I do, when a station calls me and CT tells me it's a dupe I just go ahead and work em, assuming not a serno contest. As he's replying to me I make sure I copy his
This message appeared on the contesting.com reflector from Mark Wilson of the ARRL. FYI, My message back to him then his message. 73 Chuck K3FT -- Mark, Thanks for the info. I must offer a small rebu
and sharing in the common bond of 'been there, done that, got that red-face', I'll add mine. When I was first licensed to op 'phone, after upgrading to Gen from Novice, back in 1970, - DAMN! that see
IMHO, Spotting/announcing done outside the actual 'contest period' seems like it would not fall afoul of the rules in any context or intent, but could be construed as a bother or a bit 'much' based o
I think everyone who has ever received an (in)famous "POPKIN-GRAM" should keep it as a memento of becoming a member of the club. Perhaps we can see who gets the first 5-band RAP (Received All Popkin-
If you want to see what the FCC says about allowable bandwidth.. look at section 2.202. They have a table and a formula for figuring it out. IT's not related anywhere, specifically, in part 97 to go
Since everyone is adding their's, I'l add mine, but I have to make mine the top 14+ 73 Chuck K3FT ARRL DX CW ARRL DX SSB CQ WW DX CW CQ WW DX SSB SS SSB SS CW CQ WPX SSB CQ WPX CW FD (Known as an 'op
Howdy, Dedicated Contest Op ISO Open Seat At Contest Station. Will be available friday through saturday early evening (family stuff on Sunday). Live in Baltimore so would be interested in open seat s
Hal Offut's post was a good one. I must add one small correction, though as it deals with an important point. Many have asked, over the years, about OPERATING their ham rig onboard the A/C. Contrary
I just got back from a surprisingly enjoyable (due to lack of QRN and accompanying brain fuzz) session on 15/10M! Due to family acitvities , I'll not be able to finish the WPX on Sunday (DARN!) but a
My ISP dumped many MD accounts due to their server problems. If anyone had tried to send EMAIL to me and it bounced, my ISP dumped accounts and just now reinstated them. Please resend. They SUPPOSEDL
Reading the S02R debate over the past week or so. Seems the following points have emerged. SO2R, like those technological advancements before it, has NOW become.. 1) It's now FULLY in the mainstream
The question originally posed by Pete was not related to changing the rules of the contest on the Sponsor's part or requiring anything to be done differently as far as the 'official' Contest sponsor
.."when ARRL DX Test was 2 weekends PER MODE and the real OT's can recall when it was two WEEKS long! k3ft opined... .."and wasn't the Novice Roundup run for a total of 2 weeks long with a set amount
Quotas on number of Q's in the 'good old days' so as to level the playing field between the Coasts of the USA. hmmm... Would be interesting, indeed, to see what kinds of debate and arguments occured
People are going to maintain their habits and resist change. International contest cross boundary lines that force people to have to confront their habits and decide whether to change to accomodate t
Pete mentioned the fact that if a callsign triggers a memory (like K7RAT you remember as 'RAT' or 'BZR' as 'BEEZER' or 'SX' as 'SEX' and so on.) The key, as Pete rightly points out as well as others
Jim White, K4OJ wrote: "The 2,003 running of the Florida QSO Party.." 2.003 years ago! hmm. I guess you were /4X or maybe /YA. I know you are a grizzled OT, Jim.. but... guess you'd be OOOOOOOOOOOOOO