Wonder if anyone out there is still using a Kenwood TS830S ? I use mine for my 2nd radio when I do SO2R. I haven't used it for about a year since I didn't have a station set up. I am now putting a sm
Activity was not down on SSB but on CW as well. Plus the activity has always been better on CW anyway. I suspect alot of those guys Paul recruited were "newbees" and after doing a Sprint for the firs
I really don't believe that contest results really take up all that much space in QST every month. The ARRL DX and Sweepstakes results take up some room when they print them but that's due to the pop
"I have the impression, that for the people behind the NCJ, any bandplan and any deeper knowledge about propagation must be a never understandable great miracle??? When they will do their "homework"
Like someone else stated earlier... I always thought that most of the digital modes like RTTY was up in the high end of the CW band for example like 7070.... I realize during a contest that there are
I think there's a big misconception that the NA Sprint is a "North America Only" contest. That's NOT true. Anyone in the world can participate. It's no different than ARRL DX (world works USA) or WAE
" What is the possibility of exchanging weekends for the FOC Marathon and CW Sprint? RTTY WPX is between a rock and a hard place since the Mexico International RTTY is the first full weekend of Febru
"With regard to people sending the exchange in the "wrong" order.. Looking at the rules, I note that they show the "right" method as an example - but they say "You may send this information in any or
Maybe Tree can answer this question ???? Are plaques still awarded to the overall winner of the NA Sprint ?? I didn't see any mention of awards , at least on the NCJ website version of the rules. I s
This past weekend I noticed W/VE stations (actually, Ws for the most part) spotting other W/VE stations over the DX spotting system. (I'm not talking about K4MA, who I know was in 8P but spotting peo
My 2 cents worth ...... Radio contesting has changed a great deal from what it was 20 years ago(for those of you that go back that far) due to technological advances that have occurred. The same can
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that CQ WPX SSB is on Easter weekend this year. I know in the past they have used the excuse that Memorial day and Thanksgiving are American holidays and m
The 2000 Ohio QSO Party results are out. They can be found on the OQP webpage at http://www.qsl.net/mrrc/oqp.html . Thanks to everyone for their participation and see you in the 2001 contest which wi
The following was on the email I got back when I submitted my Phone Sprint Log: -- There has been some discussion among the Editor and contest managers as to whether the Phone Sprint should continue
Hi everyone,a few days before ARRL CW Contest I checked my logbook program searching for unreplied qsl cards during the years. I focused on those qsl cards sent via the bureau for contest qso's in th
Hi Marty, I do the same thing you described - putting out spots to help out my friends. Most people don't have a problem with this. I think what Scott's concern is that TO5T (which was at the FM5BH s
So I'm just wondering... Has the Dayton Hamvention move to the weekend before WPX CW hurt the contest attendance? Is anyone else missing the WPX who might have otherwise operated because of Dayton? -
Dave forgot to mention that there will be quite a bit of rover activity in the MQP as well. The usual group of MRRC guys - K8CC, K8MR, K8XXX, W8AV, WX3M and others will be covering all the Michigan c
I hope when each contest club selects their list of candidates for the WRTC-2002 (the USA teams) that they consider some of the good operators who have not got the chance to participate in the past W
Here is something else I put together. There are lots of deserving guys who haven't had a chance to go to a WRTC. Check out this list of calls who have never paricipated in a WRTC and how many top te