Here are a couple of questions to obtain a completely non-scientific, unreliable poll about state QSO parties for an article I am writing. I would appreciate feedback if you feel so moved. Here are t
One of the misconceptions that seems to keep coming up is that most hams become hams when they are young, and stay hams their entire life. So we believe that we can only attract young people. Why lim
And many of us might have gotten started in contesting at the local club during Field Day. I know, FD isn't a contest (need proof? QST publishes the scores, so it can't be a contest) but it has many
I have a Yaesu FT990 on the way (supposed to be here Friday) and am looking for any opinions, good or bad, about how this rig does as a contesting and DXing rig. 73s John W5TD _______________________
I noticed the hiss also with the CW narrow filter, and also noticed I could eliminate most of it with the digital filter. So far, I love the radio, although I have only had it up and going for 12 hou
In terms of ease of sending and being copied (on CW) and overall ease of being understood correctly, what have people found to be the best "A" prefixes (like AA, AB, AF, etc)? Any ideas which are bes
Hi Eric, I have to agree with you on this one. DC isn't part of Maryland, so it shouldn't count as such. Precedence has been set for this, as DC counts for a separate mult in the ARRL 10 meter contes
is one of the longest established contests. Why break Puerto Rico off from the rest of the West Indies? Why break apart Newfoundland/Laborador from the rest of the Maritimes? Why not count each Marit
In the NAQP I believe the station at the United Nations already counts as a separate multiplier. 73s John W5TD http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest ________________________________
How do AA 2 x 2 callsigns do in pileups and under contesting conditions. Are the AA plus number fairly easy to copy? 73s John W5TD ____________________________________________________________________
What are other's experiences with using an Icom 746 on HF and VHF contesting? I have found one at a good price, and am considering buying it. I am currently running a Kenwood TS690SAT with cascaded C
It seems that for NA ops, limited use of cut numbers works well. Using a T for leading zeros seems to work pretty well, and using O for a middle zero in the serial number does ok most of the time. Us
And if we are going to have "meaningful" exchanges, then how about having the ARRL actually enforce the check exchange for the SS, or else eliminate it. 73s John W5TD http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Who says they aren't honest reports? The RST system is purely subjective, there is no set standard for the RS system. Some people think that the S in the RST is the S meter reading, but that isn't co
Thanks BIll, Glad to see I have won over 1 convert. Now if we could just get hams to realize that the S doesn't come from the S meter. 73s John W5TD http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-co
Sherwood Engineering just put up their Dayton 2007 presentation on DSP and how it isn't everything it is cracked up to be. See: http://www.sherweng.com/documents/Dayton2007w.pdf _____________________
As long as we still have Es on 6m, life is tolerable. 73s John AA5JG http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of
MFJ is one of the few that I know of. I think it is the 434 now, but they also have an older model, the 432. 73s John AA5JG http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest ___________________
With the removal of the CW requirement, there was probably a lot of newly upgraded hams who just got on the for the contest and really didn't understand the DX nature of it and just wanted to make co
Can anyone scan and send me a copy of the K3 article from Sept/Oct NCJ? I had that issue, sent the article to a friend, and now need a copy of it myself again. 73s John AA5JG ________________________