How dare you penalize folks who work the low bands! What were you thinking?!?!? Man it's tough enough with everyone hanging on on 20CW all the way to 14300 for the contest. Give a guy a break! *heheh
I'd like to thank John, W4SK, for sponsoring the In-State SO QRP plaque for the 2009 Tennessee QSO Party. Thanks to Jeff, K4BP, for making the plaques. Yes, hand made in Tennessee. Plaques and prizes
I was happy to find a box in the mail yesterday. It contained an Ohio QSO Party plaque and nice note. Thanks to the Mad River Radio Club for running the OhQP and the Ohio Independent Contesters for s
Think I'll work my next contest from 1000 down, I'll know when it's over when I get to TTT ;o) Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html http://groups.google.com/
I kn0w that 0ne all t00 well ;o) Practice Practice Practice maybe learn how to touch type also *sigh* 73 Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html http://groups.g
The recent NCJ has a good article on major contest growth over the past decade. Fun reading and analysis. This year was light on uniques, outside of whatever calls I may have busted, in past years wh
Has WAE or any contest organization penalized folks for not following the IARU band plans? Has there ever been any penalties levied against a contester by any official IARU organization? Julius Fazek
Thanks for the response Don. Some contests are certainly easier to contain within the recommended frequencies. This is one of those things where size definitely matters. This is an ancient battle in
How about VY2ZMs four square in ARRL160? That was an impressive QRP score. Location and antennas do make a difference... My hat's off to the lil' QRPers who brave the waters with less than optimum QT
KV4FZ is probably the score to compare. Herb is a regular beacon out of that region on 160 in contests. Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html http://groups.go
I'd like to suggest that state QSO parties are an excellent place for beginning contesters and many do cover 160 into the UHF realm. NAQP is another fun contest for beginners and old timers alike, an
Not sure about the winners, well possibly one, but do know one of the ummm "players" still is ;o) formerly WN2EOO ENY 73, Julius Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/in
Thanks Jose! It was great to see George and my score from K2ON/C6A way back in 1980 again. A great experience for a young ham. Best Holiday Wishes! 73, Julius formerly WB2EOO Julius Fazekas N2WN Tenn
Too, I think it's a lot easy to hear and be heard on CW, particularly for those of us running LP and QRP. Still trying to figure out the best method to get out of the noise on RTTY. 73 Julius Fazekas
I'll second that Rick... more inclined to chew the fat a bit more as well on SSB. Somehow CW contesting seems more "serious" at times, possibly because I can hear the wee signals in the background b
Ummm, if the timestamps and frequencies are wrong doesn't that mean that your software and/or equipment is not either setup and/or working properly? Sounds like that would present a bigger problem t
Ryan, The signal report topic has been beat to death for decades and really doesn't apply to band and time issues. Not everyone is connected to the internet, I check WWV and manually reset my compute
Using callbook names also can backfire... Some of us do not use our "legal" names. Some change things up just to keep folks honest or is it just to make it interesting? ;o) 73, Jul? Julius Fazekas N2
(opening a premium can o' worms) Now if both entities could come together on using LoTW (and eQSL) for both ARRL and CQ awards... LoTW seems like a better option for those seeking USCA than eQSL. Jus
How productive is calling for a specific multiplier? I'm thinking not very or everyone would be doing it... As to the later, it would depend on how you acted on that information, wouldn't it? Julius