At 11:58 AM 1/16/04 +0000, Stuart Santelmann KC1F wrote: Anyone who takes their DX contest QSLing seriously from the East Coast knows that this problem is rampant with the Europeans as well. In the p
At 11:19 PM 1/30/04 -0800, James Neiger wrote: These are the days of PACKET. Love it or leave it. We are all beneficiaries of its prowess and victims of its success. But recognizing that it is, and m
At 10:39 PM 2/4/04 -0500, R Johnson wrote: Here is a breakdown of my 108 bad QSL's: No Grid = 22 No County = 2 No County & Grid = 1 No ITU Zone = 11 No CQ Zone = 3 No ITU & CQ Zones = 56 No Grid & BO
My vote would be for two additional CW sprints, one per quarter, but keeping the number of phone sprints as it is now, in recognition of the greater disruption that the phone sprints cause on the ban
At 06:28 PM 2/18/04 +0000, David Robbins K1TTT wrote: I occasionally watch the #cqdx irc channel during contests, that makes a decent chat room, though maybe a specific one for general contest stuff
I was at a multi using packet this weekend for the first time ever, and I'm broadly in Eric's corner. I'd add another reason for spotting a lot, though -- Sunday morning, 10 was nicely open but with
At 09:58 PM 2/25/04 -0600, Kelly Taylor wrote: As for order, I prefer callsign last: TEST at the beginning sets things up for someone tuning in at the beginning, call sign at the end leaves the right
At 07:37 AM 3/10/04 +0000, W3CP wrote: Bob, I have a similar problem and it is bad enough to discourage operating in fone contests. I believe the trouble is my severe loss of hearing at the higher au
At 05:26 AM 3/15/04, K1ZM@aol.com wrote: There has been some discussion here about possibly reducing the time in 48 hour Dx contests for single operators from 48 hours to something else. A number of
At 09:39 AM 3/15/04, David Hachadorian wrote: I'd like to see the return of the High-Band (10, 15, 20) and Low Band (40, 80, 160) categories to the ARRL DX Test. This change would increase participat
Recently, the server hosting the WCSD unexpectedly went off the air, and being even more human than most folks, I did not have current copies of the search and ASP pages that the database had used to
At 08:23 PM 4/1/04, Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote: But, let's take a look at the "broadcast CQ". What is really wrong with it? If the band is marginal, these stations act as beacons and can stir up intere
I'm happy to report that the World HF Contest Station Database is back, at least mostly. You can now search on your call-sign and report any updated information. The specialized searches at the botto
At 01:45 PM 4/3/04, James Neiger wrote: While we are focused on packet mis-use and all that blather, should we also be interested or concerned about another smelly subject that is probably even more
I'm stunned by this news. Like many of us, I never met Bill face-to-face, but we used to chase DX together on 80m CW, and I frequently found myself near him during contests. He was always a gentleman
At 01:30 PM 4/5/04, Dick Green WC1M wrote: I was also impressed with how he kept the contesting.com reflectors going even when it became apparent that they were hurting him financially. I donated whe
At 12:20 PM 4/5/04, Kenneth E. Harker wrote: The thing to do is to learn to recognize it when it happens. Ken's right on target. I frequently run on 10 and 15 meters with a DX station also running ve
At 08:11 AM 4/7/04, Tonno Vahk wrote: It might seem to you so but actually the rate is slow in WPX, rarely over 110-120 per hour. That allows you to use 2nd radio very efficiently almost not losing a
All of the functionality of the WCSD is now back in service, including all the specialized searches. Try them out, and if you have suggestions for other kinds of searches you'd like to see implemente
I'm happy to announce addition of two new features to the World HF Contest Station Database. A specialized search has been added for amplifiers, along with radios and logging software, and each of th