W0ZT used to be KF0P. "Zulu Papa? Who is the Zulu Papa?". No! ZERO Papa!!!! "Zulu Papa again??" Cw Forever..... 73 Steve K0SR In a message dated 2/25/2013 10:59:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, hs0zcw@
I hesitate to do this. In the most recent CQWW SSB contest, I had the same station plop down without asking and start calling CQ on my run frequency three times in the same afternoon. (No, I wasn't o
We are inexorably moving closer to the day when this becomes more trouble than it's worth. Some of the ideas recently presented to "fix" contesting are fairly dramatic. Why in the world would 99% of
"The world was divided into regions. Qualifiers were only competing with others in their same region in order to qualify." Except that some of the regions are enormous, thus ignoring the realities of
Not trying to be the grammar police here, but "Misteaks Happen" is an instant classic. 73 Steve K0SR Nobody *should*, Joe, but misteaks happen. _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
It isn't a matter of antenna Hans, you're a victim of propagation. Having SO2R capablility let's me hear folks to the west of me......only 250 miles away.....running East Coast stations 2 or 3 hours
I am completely confident that ANY scoring system will prove to be unfair to somebody somewhere. It's inevitable, and also means that there is no "improvement" that will be universally fair. For exam
How about 80 or 100 zones based on real world propagation? 73 SR Why limit yourselves to 40 zones? Redraw the map into say 80 or 100 zonesbased say on amateur population. Just a thought.Doug--This em
REM: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" Apart from the fact anything by the band Multiplier should be a sure firewinner (although I doubt to the taste of many here), the two that spring tomind for a vi
It could be worse. You could be in North Dakota. 73 Steve K0SR --Original Message-- From: Fco. Luis Delgadillo [mailto:xe2b@outlook.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 04:09 PM To: 'Martin , LU5DX',
Barry I plug my headphones into the speaker jack on the back of the rig. More "oomph" for old ears. 73 Steve K0SR My favorite earbuds that I use with my K3 sounded terrible (and I had to turn the vol
"3000 QSO in 24 hours in RDXC is not uncommon from almost anywhere." Let me tell you about Minnesota sometime :) 73 Steve K0SR Dave,Can you support your statement regarding the number of participants
I'm sure the majority of us at some time have slowed down, told somebody our name, etc. in the middle of a contest. Particularly on phone it's worth taking the time. A big score means you worked a lo
" Success with QRP also requires decent antennas and superior operating skills." Making contacts while operating QRP requires superior operating skills on both ends of the QSO. No one is disputing th
Distance has very little to do with difficulty. Propagation is all about North and South. People southwest of me have much better propagation to Europe than I do even though I'm "closer". By the same
"Without some kind of handicapping system to even out geographic disparity, I suspect the response of most hams outside the blessed zones would be words unsuitable for a family venue such as CQ-conte
Crusty connection somewhere. Dirty Tranny?And the amp is adding another layer of filtering to the exciters signal?Joe WB9SBDSigThe Original Rolling Ball ClockIdle TymeIdle-Tyme.comhttp://www.idle-tym
"I am not an assisted guy. But if success in any category becomes a function of how much you are spotted as you CQ, its time to make sure that's fair for all." I'm not sure that's even possible. Imag
"I am NOT arguing for any adjustment to the rules to favour us. Im just pointing out that youd merely be trading one unlevel playing field for another. 73, kelly ve4xt" Exactly. 73 K0SR _____________
BMI is over rated. At the age of 60 I'm 6 foot tall and 210 pounds which works out to a BMI of 28.4. I work in a warehouse and spend the whole day on my feet hauling around 80# bags of salt and 5 gal