N3FJP contest logger insists on using the entire name for Countries (either considered North American or DX) in the cabrillo file. For example, when I copy and XE1, and he says "MX" for Mexico, the f
When in Rome, do as we ugly Americans do - try to bully our own values onto the local populace. I personally like contests where the receiving operator has to think, rather than being a robot receivi
Shucks, anyone can be competitive if he/she spends upwards past $50,000 or more on a station, towers, etc., and practices his/her skill in various contests. Not to mention a quiet RF location, on a h
David: You're entitled to your opinion, I beg you to agree that I'm entitled to my opinion, and I'm sure the organizers of the contest are entitled to their opinion, and entitled to enforce it, wheth
I've read some of this thread. I haven't seen anyone spelling out the raison d'être for amateur Radio. Namely the Amateur Radio Service is a Service. It justifies its existence by the public service
I think we need to re-evaluate the psychological health of those who complain about the scoring system in CQWW contest. For that matter, for any contest. It appears to the folks in higher latitudes t
Sam: Seems like the link to the contest particulars from the French web page doesn't work. The Germans have an English Translation, but no listing of software to be used. Best advice would be to send
Did anyone see "N8Q" on any of the DX clusters yesterday? I was operating during the Michigan QSO Party from NEWAygo County, QRP. NEWAygo hadn't shown up as a fixed station in the recently recorded h
In a book titled "the Outliers" the author states rather convincingly that practice hones ability. One example was that Bill Gates spent hours and hours with a time-share computer which his (rather w
Mike: Thanks for your thoughtful, and thought provoking response. I didn't make up the number 10,000. The author of the book (Malcolm Gladwell) said it in "The Outliers." I read parts of the book, an
I seem to remember that Samuel FB Morse started out with a "Code Reader" - i.e. Ink Pen driven by his relays, which the operators read and put down onto the Latin Alphabet. They "learned" audio code
Paul: The answer to your question is "Yup, A1A and its variants are 'just another data mode.'" The US Regulations, promulgated under the authority of the Federal Communications Commissions, has, in t
I have a full size 3 element, 20 metre yagi, which I inherited from a silent Key for the effort of taking it down, along with a windmill tower and very heavy radar rotor. If I were to put it up somep
Thanks Ryan: Your information is well worthwhile. I'm still not sure whether my preferred, most simple, construction project would qualify. That would be one antenna, a full wave 80 metre loop, proba
Does CWQPX cabrillo entry require ARRL-SECTION: MI as part of the header? the eggzamplel on http://www.cqwpx.com/cabrillo.htm has LOCATION: MI but no ARRL-SECTION: MI The robot accepted my entry with
How about REQUIRING the software at each WRTC contest station self spot on a predetermined or random basis, say once an hour, or once every 30 minutes or so, and severely discouraging spotting by oth
Big deal? We did the same thing between the Buckeye Net, (3580 KHz), the Eighth Region Net (3530 KHz), and the Eastern Area Net (3670 KHz) during a Simulated Emergency Net sometime in the 60's or the
I'll bet a dollar to a donut that the "big guns" don't even bother reading this kind of trash. (Note, I'm definitely a "little pistol" so I can say such things. The nearest thing to "real contesting
Anyone care to expound on why some contests have SO-Assisted, whilst others lump all assisted operations into Multi Op? Why do I ask? As background, I gave a presentation concerning results of our 16
I think we should sue the gods of the ionosphere for not providing equal coverage throughout the entire world. Or, the organizers of the contest for choosing a period with such sparse ionospheric act