Hi, I'd like to ask you your opinion on my working conditions and where to go from here. I am just getting back into contesting after being off the air for the past 8 years. I am attenuated into Euro
I honestly don't have enough CW skills at this time to feel confident in handing out QSOs to you boys. I must say, that CW Get has given me the confidence this weekend to get on and hand out some poi
I don't think you were assisted based on what you wrote. Packet/telnet put me in the Multi-Op category because I used spots on the network to find stations. I can't see how you were assisted if you o
I'll be getting kicked to a checklog due to the 10 minute rule. I don't really care as I wasn't competing. I was more interested in having fun improving my cw skills and handing out points. I also th
It was always cool to here him ask if anyone on frequency needed him for a "new one" before he'd go QRT. I enjoyed listening to him work guys on 40m after getting home from my evening shift in So Cal
Good point Tom, if it's a true emergency then the whole band is yours. I have a collateral at work to run the ham equipment if our work radios go down (highly unlikely). I have pushed for regencies b
I've worked them when the frequecy is clear (from my end) so that I can be quick and let them get back to their run. I try to wait and get the Canadiens or Mexico for the zones and just get one US st
Is anyone willing to share with me their experiences with their amplifier that they are using for contesting? My main HP contest interest is the California QSO Party, CQ WW WPX, and ARRL DX. I have a
I'm brand new into contesting and do like the new technologies... that being said: Single Op should not use a wideband CW decoder. Reserve that for Single Op Assisted if you want to allow it's use. T
Dang Brooke, you can write. I was hooked to your posting. I was addicted to Everquest, Dark Ages of Camelot, and the such for about 5 years. I enjoyed both the killer and the achiever role. Mainly I
I currently have a 55' crank up tower with 15' of mast sticking out above my thrust bearing. I have an 80m inverted-v a few feet below the thrust bearing, a F12 C31XR right above the thrust bearing,
Excellent compilation. I enjoyed it myself... I even shared the QSOs with my female co-worker who rightly called me a "dork"... I laughed and reminded her my hobby was a bit technical. Thanks! 73, Ti
If you guys are going to CC the reflector, then how about a link to the information your discussing so that the rest of us can be clued in? At this point it seems like a simple hit of the delete key
I am new to this contest and so I will not speculate on killing it off. I got on to hand out some Q's last night and did notice that a number of non-contestors were obliterated across the bands. Howe
Is there some rule that states if you're going to spot one person that you must spot them all? I even get complaint emails from DXers who are mad that I spot US stations during state QSO parties... p
I agree with this one... threw off my timing too. Not the best practice for many reasons. 73, Tim / N6WIN. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
Maybe Pete can chime in on this as to why your estimate is so high. My experience has been a MUCH smaller rate of busted calls from the skimmers. Let's see, on 11/6/11 my callsign was spotted the fol
I get the same response throughout the contests. I can't head copy past 25-28 wpm... so I run at 22-25 wpm. Most guys will call in at around 25 wpm and I do ok at making it through the QSO without me
I envy the guys running at 30+ who by and large make the high rate with their abilities. It reminds me to continue working hard. I believe the only wrong thing occurring is when an op will not QRS wh
I concur about the busted double spots on the same frequency showing in my N1MM band map. It hasn't been hard to figure it out in the past year's worth of CW assisted contests that I have done. I usu