Two of my all-time favorites from the same CQ WW CW in the early 80's: L8D/X and 6E5EBE. Try those at 40wpm late in the contest. It's a good thing these were before analyses of unique callsigns. Jim
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CQ CONTEST COMMITTEERumors are flying once again. Perhaps true; hopefully not. I thought perhaps it useful to dust off my letter from three years ago. Vy 73, Jim Neiger N6TJ Mai
With all due respect, one might reasonably ask as to why such an asinine survey is even contemplated if someone did not already have a canned a priori result in mind and seeking a one size fits all s
And to confirm while Frank and I've been friends for decades, I've never operated his station, or even been to his house. I maintained my own 9Y4AA station near Port-of-Spain in the early years, and
On this subject, some of us spun it around in the early 1980's, and I guess there were many arguments opposed to ANY "change", one of the often stated: "it will invalidate all the records". Most of w
Thanks Randy and N2NC Team for remembering my 45 years ago victories from 9Y4AA on both modes in '69. My "killer station" was comprised of a Collins S-Line, 30L-1 amplifier - never pushing the four 8
Perhaps it could be as I encountered in my four DXpeditions to Canton Island in 1971-72. I operated from Canton Island (now Kirabati - Tango 31, I believe). Canton, (and its larger island group - the
As I approach my 76th birthday and in my 61st year of ham radio and contesting - I often reflect on what has made my life, and ham radio in general and contesting in particular, meaningful, interesti
if I was King of The World for one day, WRTC Qualification would be simple. Any two man team, anywhere, who wishes to compete, simply "contributes" a finite sum (5000 Euros?? Pick a number) to the WR
Anyone serious about winning isn't going to waste their time posting their score. Every minute counts I believe that enticing others into contesting is better served by inviting them to a station to
Steve, you may be right. You may be wrong. "Straight" or not. I seriously doubt that my DOS computer with TRLOG running has this feature. One thing of which I am certain, it is NEVER connected to the
AMEN. As one of those originally labeled as a dinosaur some twenty-five years ago because my extensive operations as DX had clearly demonstrated, to me - at least - that, at the time PACKET, was grea
SCP is no worse than skimmers or packet. Once you've opened those barrels of worms, you've already cheated yourself from skills (1) once learned, twice forgotten; (2) that you were never taught; (3)
Let me get this straight, Ken: Your country of Trans-Slobavia has no rules on your maximum transmitted power. Ergo, even though CQ WW DX Contest rules say no more than 1500 watts, (1) you're not goin
I believe that uniques should count, and have witnessed over the decades - very much depending upon from where I'm operating - the rarer, the more real uniques. QUESTION: SU1AH needed me for a new DX
I thought my idea of some years ago had "merit", but as I appeared to be the only one - it didn't fly too far. In essence: Your two man team plunks down 5000 Euros (too much?? too little??) and you'v
It seems to me that the Boys in Madeira (one of my all-time places, ever, to visit - you need to see Funchal, all alit with Christmas lights) simply out-operated, or perhaps had fewer Murphy's that t
Assisted vs Unassisted participation was nicely summarized in the 2015 CQ WW SSB DX Contest results. Unassisted comprised 59% of the Single Operator entrants, and 41% Assisted. Perhaps when those num
I was saddened to read Randy K5ZD's article entitled *Convergence and Change*, page 27 of the May 2016 CQ Magazine. Obviously Randy has succumbed to the *dark side* of the force and chooses to operat
Well, since I kind of started the CONVERGENCE AND CHANGE spin here, in response to K5ZD's "editorial" in the recent CQ magazine, I wanted to comment simply on Bill N3RR's final words herein: *more FU