The CWops tests moved from every other week to weekly tests. However, for the older fogeys amongst us - including me - it is hard to remember the day of the week (regardless of whether or not we admi
With all this discussion (whining) about SO Assisted, I suggest EVERY Contest, by executive fiat, go back to 1. Spark gap 2. Coherer Detectors 3. NO automatic switching from transmit to receive 4. Ha
I've recently viewed a super display here in the forum of the "high and mighty syndrome" of a "self professed 'elite' contest operator" who showed, without a doubt, disdain for a "lower class, worthl
I see much friviology and snarkines about "The High and Mighty" syndrome, but little discussion of how we recruit and educate newbies into the "exclusive club." Members of this "club" don't seem to w
Steve: I'm sure you're right - there ARE individuals who take mentoring seriously. But, you'd never know it by the recent b....ching and moaning here in CQ-Contest@contesting.com - concerning operati
I've been working the ARRL Centennial (100 points for each station I contact). I find at least one, sometimes a half dozen or more, dupes during one of my 30 minutes to and hour session on a band/mod
I'm encouraging a fellow ham to try contesting. This ham is excellent with CW, does fine with SSB, etc., but has been totally without singht since early childhood. The major difficulty is logging. Th
Thanks to all who advised by private message. My friend will investigate the various suggestions for contesting aids, etc. 72/73 de n8xx Hg Message: 2 Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 17:40:29 -0500 From: Hank
Why is the RTTY Roundup so named? If I read the rules, all digital modes should have equal standing, i.e., RTTY (200 Hz or so wide), PSK-31 (30 Hz), BPSK-63 (about 70 Hz), etc. Should it not be calle
Andy: My only comment: Excellent analysis and hypotheses. How can we entice a sufficient number of contest ops "pack the bands" in a contest using BPSK (31 or 63) to determine if the bandwidth advant
Je annonce que "JE SUIS CHARLIE" pendant la NAQP SSB cette semaine de fin prochaine. Si vous avez des difficultés, essayez http://translate.google.com 72/73 de n8xx Hg _______________________________
It is a bit tragic that there was so much apathy amongst the operators in the SSB Sprint PRIOR to ARRL/NCJ's decision to drop it. These apathetic few now grouse about that decision, but even they cit
It's obvious that the contest is a US based contest. There's a BIG push to try to get ALL US States on - there's even a certificate of some sort if one works all 50 states. Perhaps instead of boycott
Why don't we discuss something concerning something over which we have some control, like: "How many Angels can dance on the head of a pin?" We here in this contest will NOT be able to convince the o
Where was all the support or the NA-Sprint when the contest community let it get to <50 logs being submitted in the last contest? If over 300 folks were interested in the contest, why did it die? 72/
Yeah, jack: But no one was interested enough to "rattle the cages, raise the flags, et. nausea" until it died, and was resurrected. I ask, why did the contest community have to let it drop into the d
As of my latest count, there were over 40 "reports" for the Russian DX contest from North Ameroican stations. Probably not 100%, but not shabby. Remember, reporting in the 3830 reflector is optional.
Not precisely a contest announcement, but we WILL be participating, to the extent possible, in the CQWPX CW contest! Please be advised that on Saturday, May, 30, between 1600Z and 2000Z, 4 or more ha
I'm trying to help a relative newcomer to set up his rig for the MiQP. He's just learning CW, we note that FLdigi can send and decode CW. I've used FLdigi for Hellschreiber and PSK-31, but never with