If folks want a different kind of contest, try QRP To the Field (QRPTTF), 2007 style. It's held Saturday April 28, 2007 (US Time), or 1500Z Apr. 28 to 0300Z Apr. 29, on 40-20-15-10 meters, in the vic
Reminder, in the same general frequency range and time frame as the popular Florida QSO party, there's different kind of contest - the QRP To the Field (QRPTTF), 2007 style. The times aren't exactly
Please be advised that the internationally recognized QRP calling and operating frequency centers on 7030 KHz, ± a few KHz, and many QRPers will be out during the QRP To the Field on Saturday
Shucky durn, it's very hard to find some of the maritime provinces for the clean sweep in the ARRL Sweepsteaks contest, and that's a much more highly populated contest that NAQP. 73 de n8xx Hg ______
Ain't no mention on the Untied Nations being a multiplier. Since it's physically located in New York City (regardless of weather or knot it is or is knot under the jurisdiction of the State of New Yo
Okay, where cans't one find the definition of the geographical area specified by CQ for its contests? It isn't in the WPX rules. The only reference to geographical area is in paragraph XIII XIII. Clu
I'd vote to let anyone use as much or as little technology as the operator would like. I don't see a reason to NOT allow folks to look at DX clusters, etc. There might have been a reason for the cate
IF we want to even out the "advantage" of one club over another, perhaps one should think of a contiguous, non gerrymandered area which contains a certain population (of individuals or hams) instead
They ain't gonna like my answer - I told them they needed to get away from all the garbage generated by Sympathized VFO's in their rigs. We have an Icom 718 at our club, and we can't use any other ri
I agree wholeheartedly! How many folks build their own rigs? (Probably considerably less than 1%) Their own Station Accessories? (A few more, but most buy things like power supplies, antenna couplers
Bill: I don't recall working you, so don't think I'm picking on you. I've worked a lot of DX stations with horrible fists, even though some of them must be sending with electronic keys, because they
Hmmm, should I feel slighted that the Section news isn't in QST any more? I liked reading that part of QST. Now we're expected to get this info on the web. Should I feel slighted that National Traffi
Yeah, when I was operating my 300 milliwatt crystal controlled rig during a recent QRP QSO party, a whole bunch of DXers started drooping their calls with high power on that very same frequency. They
Hmmm. I guess the sun will create a different set of sunspots and change propagation if we start at 4 p.m. local time instead of 3 p.m. local time? That this topic has had 25+ responses is rather amu
I personally think that the distinction of Single Operator and Assisted is an anachronism of the 20th century, if not the 19th century. Why don't we have separate categories for folks who operate SO2
Julius: I say that you are entitled to your opinion, I trust you'll grant me mine. Wasn't there an article in QST a few years back (Maybe in an April issue, but I don't remember), where a computer co
Bob: Maybe I'm a lid, probably I'm a lid, maybe even definitely a lid, but when I heard cut numbers mixed in with International Morse numbers I always asked for fills during this sweepsteaks (well, a
The endless shouting at each other about the Check number in ARRL Sweepsteaks reminds me of the endless arguments in other circles about angels on the head of a pin. 73 de n8xx Hg ___________________
A few contests (mainly QRP contests) have "simple wire antennas" category to distinguish from beam antennae. I personally know that a 8 dBd beam @ 50 feet makes a QRP Field Day station competitive wi
Sometimes the cheek in my tongue doesn't carry through this medium of communications. Of course, this particular medium of communication contains a lot of opinionated folks (and I'm including myself