Speaking of 73 Magazine, does anyone remember the 73 Magazine sponsored contests? In 1987 they announced and hyped the 73 Magazine National Championship, and 73 Magazine Single Band Championships. Th
Shelby, you confirm that 73 magazine did the right thing by publishing results and issuing certificates in 1984, but they dropped the ball in 1987 when they just pushed log submissions aside and igno
I did the same thing as you, Bob. CQ'd for a little over an hour at the end of our FD "operating activity", and had a good run. I had several "1D" stations call also, but I didn't mind it all, becaus
I agree that CW Skimmer has no place in Single Op contesting. I participate in contests because they're fun. My objective is to have fun. I've never won anything, and I never will; on rare occasions
Doug....I have no idea who the station that you're talking about really is .. But I personally think he is a f___ing jerk..... It's that kind of operating that has driven me away from serious contest
Kudos to K4XU and his CODXC team for publishing final results of the 2015 7QP less than ten days after the log submission deadline! Year after year they have shown that it can be done .. For ten year
I personally think that self spotting, or any kind of spotting for that matter, will have minimal, if any impact during VHF contests. A spot made by a station a few miles away can possibly help me, b
Every contest QSO needs a CQer and an S&Per, and successful stations need to devote time to each. I live in a state (Utah) with a relatively small number of active contesters and an even smaller numb
Yep I got the same thing and figured it must be the Mexican state mults Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I presume these are the Mescian states. Everyone else getting that? Barry W2UP __________________
The call that I will never forget was 6E5EBE .... not even sure if it was it was used in WPX or CQWW contest .... it goes back to the 1980s or early 1990s .... those guys probably still hold the reco
That should be in the Nov 1991 QST, which is available for download from the QST Archives at the ARRL website Hello I am looking for the 1991 Field Day results. I appreciate any thoughts as to where
I've been using several of those old $5 Radio Shack footswitches for 30-40 years now .... I suspect that they are no longer available but all of mine (about a half dozen of them) still work just fine
Battery life for most drone flights will typically limit your flight time to 20-25 minutes or less ...... so a drone is likely to be helpful for lifting a weighted line into the air and stratically d