We always get told to "think outside the box" so I'm going to try that for a minute here with a few of the ideas that this reflector has been kicking around. =20 I love all the ideas about a contest
Anyone got that extra zip in their step today knowing that a big contest weekend is almost here? =20 Propagation experts, what's the word? =20 I feel like it's the day before the big game, except I c
A question for all of us, since I have detected some rumblings about certain people being spotted more than others etc in the last couple of contests. I was doing my normal S&P during the ARRL DX SSB
K5TR - All I can say is very interesting research. I'm sure that will spawn a lot of debate...and maybe others should do a search as well....because... I just ran a search on the DX-SUMMIT spot datab
During the recent dustup over spotting, I decided to search the DX summit database for my call - just to see what might be on there. I am not an active spotter - one time I sent in a spot after worki
My first note raised questions about why my call (NS3T) had been found as "spotting" YP3A during a recent contest. It prompted a number of responses and led to some further investigation, albeit on a
Let's see.... DC is a mult in the ARRL 10 meter contest DC is a mult in the CQ 160 contest (but not the ARRL 160 - go figure) DC is a mult in the ARRL RTTY Roundup Eric W3DQ's suggestion is fine. It'
get new people into contesting. Most of us have lots of ideas, but it is often tough to put them into action. One 3830 posting from NAQP SSB really caught my eye, because it reminded me of how I use
It shouldn't take much for the FCC to do a Google search and come up with a bunch of radios that look like CB's, but seem to use the 10 meter band..... http://www.palcoelectronics.com/p1004529.htm ht
Speaking of CW, consider this week's quote from NASA which appeared the SF Chronicle: "Responses from Spirit's balky computers are slow . . in some cases 10 to 40 bits per second . . said James Erick
Fellow Amateurs: We all know the power of acting together to get something done. Why not take a few minutes and send the FCC a complaint about companies selling unapproved CB Radios that operate in o
After sending a warning to UPS last month, this month Riley Hollingsworth has warned FedEx about drivers using 10 meter frequencies without a license: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/02/27/100/
After reading K1TTT's latest tome on self spotters, I decided to do a check on my call to see if anyone had "used" it to spot themselves in some of the recent contests....and sure enough, the winner
KI9A wrote about LOTW - It also needs to be a little (LOT) less complicated for the casual guys to use. -- On one hand I agree with you Chuck - on the other, once I got things working, LOTW works gre
I am trying to build an 80 meter sloper for the upcoming contest season, and I was hoping someone in CQ-Contest-land could give me some advice. I don't have a tower and beam on top - I'm trying to bu
To me, SO2R is a tool, just like the electronic keyer, electronic keyers with memory, computer logging and other modern peripherals. Whether it is a 'serious advantage' or not again depends on the op
During the ARRL DX SSB contest, spots were made by 32 US calls which were not currently issued by the FCC. This is raw data culled from the DX Summit search site. The US calls have been checked again
While the thread is on spots again, here is some data from the ARRL DX contests. On the CW weekend, there were spots made by 24 US calls that were not actively licensed by the FCC. A second posting f
I got something slightly different - the header was some stations 3830 reflector report...and attached to it was some type of .scr file. It looked like it had gone to a number of people either on the