We are pleased to announce the 1999 running of the Michigan QSO Party (MQP). Beginning in 1999, MQP has a new organizer, the Mad River Radio Club, one of the oldest and largest contesting clubs in th
Dick, WC1M: The MFJ-432 is a pretty cool little box. I picked one up in 1997 for our CQ WPX contest trip to WP3X - four out of the six stations we had set up were using them! For laptop users, DVPs a
Joe, Tony, AE0M out in W6 sent me the schematic for exactly what you're describing - i.e., a LPT to Yaesu interface for the DVS-2. For the life of me I can't put my fingers on it at the moment, but y
Dick, One thing I found strange was that with my particular MFJ-432, the +5V bias for the internal mic is also applied to the external mic as well. I don't know if this is a problem, but I doubt that
Don, There may be three versions! As I recall, when we were at WP3X in 1997 my (then brand new) MFJ-432 had a different schematic and PCB layout from the older examples owned by some of the other ope
Bob, Thanks for your note on Canadian multipliers. I found it very informative and intend to keep it as a reference. FYI, I edited down the MQP rules to not consume TOO much bandwidth on the reflecto
CAL QSO Party has its own idiosyncracies. When CA stations work each other, their exchange is counties. What is the multiplier that these stations count for? CALIFORNIA!!! You figure it out. Some mis
Ken, These are not ARRL contests anymore. You have new sponsors to go complain to now :-) Dave Pruett, K8CC Great Lakes Division VCAC -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Admi
I never really thought much about giving the state/section abbreviation phonetically. In pronunciation, Michigan does not seem to need phonetics, when you're running people or signals are loud. Howev
"But for the ARRL SS SSB why do we have to use abbreviations." Lessee, its better for me to type G-E-O-R-G-I-A instead of learning that GA is the abbreviation? Yuk... K8CC -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http:
"See the pattern? Why did 9 of the above 19 errors log me as MAR (except one ND) instead of Nebraska? Took some thinking, but it soon dawned on me: They copied me correctly as Nebraska (NE) but logge
Speaking as someone who has not been much of a "state QSO partier" over the years, up until a month ago I would have probably agreed with you. However, after recently having taken over the sponsorshi
I'm really amazed at the people criticising log checking. Not to be too anal about it, but its pretty fundamental that if you did not get the QSO information right, then a legitimate contest QSO did
"Since this is all data I copied (except for a guest op here and there), why would I not use this information to ensure my own copying accuracy in the future?" First of all, I think most would agree
Pat, I found the post on your station layout quite interesting. I have experimented with having both radios stacked to one side with the monitor in front, but I found this limited me to using only on
One item which has been missed in the discussion of post-contest checking of your log concerns making sure all of the default information in your entry is correct. Actually, this is a pre-contest tas
I would like to add my vote to KL7RA's for moving WPX CW to April. While I have genuine respect for my FLQP cohorts and hate to see anything impose on what they've accomplished, WPX CW is a major, wo
At least one person here on the reflector has threatened to go back to paper logs in retaliation for QSO penalties. How about this food for thought... All of the contest sponsors use computers to cro
N5TJ's recent comment about "cut" serial numbers was right on the mark. Cut numbers save transmission time, but your "QSO completion rate" is at the mercy of the receiver. Since asking for a repeat p
N5TJ's recent comment about "cut" serial numbers was right on the mark. Cut numbers save transmission time, but your "QSO completion rate" is at the mercy of the receiver. Since asking for a repeat p