I agree with Mike - don't upset your customers. The creativity that hams express in their log files is truly boundless! Gotta be able to deal with it. For fixing files, besides a spreadsheet, there's
Some questions with opinions sprinkled in (or maybe vice versa). It seems to be common practice to append /M, /P or /9 (call area) to logged calls. I'm wondering, what is the value of this? I don't s
Hi, Ward - Below is an bit from the 1961-62 Annual Report of the Badger Amateur Radio Society (W9YT) that talks about the Wisconsin QSO Party in 1963 (47 years ago). I believe WiQP predates 1962 but
I'm sure many instances of the link to the Summerville, SC news report of the crash were sent out in the last 24 hours, then the newspaper changed the link. At my request, they have restored the orig
A former workmate used to say "'Common Sense' is an oxymoron, sense isn't common". - Tom, K9BTQ I have been using a code reader for years in contests....it is between my ears...the human brain. It is
Here in the upper midwest (WI), we experienced an opening to the east beginning at 0000 Sunday (1.5 hr after sunset) lasting for the next 5-6 hours. It began with the Maritimes and New England and pr
My guess is that it has something to do with this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Cabrillo but maybe Trey is the only guy who knows for sure. '3's, Tom, K9BTQ _________________
It's Party Time in Wisconsin - Everyone's Invited! *Wisconsin QSO Party* Sunday, 1800Z March 14 - 0100Z March 15) (March 14 from 1:00pm until 8:00pm CDT) See www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm for rules and o
*Wisconsin QSO Party* Sunday, 1800Z March 14 - 0100Z March 15) (March 14 from 1:00pm until 8:00pm CDT) See www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm for rules and other information. What better way to celebrate Pi D
FWIW, I notice that a number of scores for stations running LP do not include the 1.5 power mult. This likely because some logging programs do not handle non-integer multipliers. Rules: http://www.wa
We are having a discussion in our club regarding the use of CW decoder programs in contests, especially smaller ones like state QSO parties. I'm referring to CW copying programs like CWget or DM780,
WIQP web page: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm Direct link to results: http://www.warac.org/wqp/2010/10results.pdf Thanks to everyone who participated! See you next year on March 13, 2011. Tom, K9BT
Absolutely, Dennis. Field Day brings out the best - "Hairy Elephant", "Flat Tire" and "Big Fat Turkey" come to mind. The best phonetic we've come up with for our club call, W9FK, is "French Kiss", bu
Well known in WI, now a silent key, was W9FastZipperCloser. RIP, John. Tune 14.290 ~ 1330Z daily for Callsign Marlarky from the Cookie Monster, N9CowManure. - King's Nine Beautiful Tall Queens ______
You may designate the host station by prepending a "@" to the callsign of the host station in the Operators list. See the "musings" section (fragment below). So if the host station owner also operate
Complete 2011 Rules and other information are now posted at http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm Sunday, 1800Z March 13 - 0100Z March 14) (March 13 from 1:00pm until 8:00pm CDT) (Note that this is the fi
Sunday, 1800Z March 13 - 0100Z March 14) March 13 from 1:00pm until 8:00pm CDT (first day of Daylight Savings Time.) Complete 2011 Rules and other information at: http://www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm Mob
It's Party Time in Wisconsin! Sunday, 1800Z March 13 - 0100Z March 14) (March 13 from 1:00pm until 8:00pm CDT) See www.warac.org/wqp/wqp.htm for rules and other information. CU there, - Tom, K9BTQ Pr
The 2011 Wisconsin QSO Party is just hours away! The complete list of planned mobile operations is now available at: http://www.warac.org/wqp/ch-list.htm 1800Z March 13 - 0100Z March 14) (March 13 fr
(Actually, it was a couple days ago but we'll still accept 'em!) Send your cabrillo log to k9kr@tds.net. Submission details at http://www.warac.org/wqp/wiqp_rules.htm . Hope you enjoyed our party, To