I think Fred Laun wrote the definitive statement about the use of QRL in contests. http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2001-03/msg00178.html Note how he asks if a frequency is in us
This Saturday is the NCJ NA CW Sprint contest. There will be many "big gun" stations calling CQ on the bands. If you call one of them and give them a QSO - they will GIVE YOU THEIR FREQUENCY when you
like I'm supposed to do. But I had to go back in my log and fix the typing in a few QSOs before I forgot, so I did not tune away. While I was typing, one of my local buddies made a QSO and inherited
the submitted Cabrillo file? That keeps everything in the log 'squared away' but relinquishes credit for that QSO. Or was I just dreaming about this? There is a provision in the Cabrillo spec for X-a
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Since I know HS0ZCW is not going to send any logs in - I can feel free to add his callsign to my contest logs willy nilly and not get caught. Thanks for this "contribution" ... to my future scores. 7
Apologies for not having the robot programmed for the recent running of the Summer Stew. It is now ready to accept your logs. If you sent in a log and got a reject message - please resubmit. Thanks.
Saw this recently posted: ... This appears to conflict with the following rule for the IARU contest: "4.3.3. Only one HQ station callsign per member society per frequency band is permitted." The rule
The results for the 2013 Summer Stew Perry contest are now on the Stew web page - http://www.kkn.net/stew/. The results from last December are nearly done. I will announce when they are completed. 73
About sending "TU" to confirm a QSO. I often do it - and it's always nice to be polite. However, it can create problems on CW. During the CW NAQP - I actually heard and exchange that was like this (I
The results from the September CW Sprint are now available. http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintcwprelim.php 73 Tree N6TR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
The full results for the 2012 Stew Perry contest are now posted on the Stew Perry page - http://www.kkn.net/stew/. Just a reminder that the PreStew event is coming up on the weekend of Oct 19th - and
The Stew Perry Warmup is coming up this weekend - starting at 1500Z on Oct 19th and finishing at 1500Z on Oct 20th. More information can be found at http://www.kkn.net/stew Hope you can make it. 73 T
The results for the October PreStew are now available. http://www.kkn.net/stew/ Don't forge the big Stew coming up in 8 days. 73 Tree N6TR _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.co
Perhaps a different approach is to make it available to people who are interested in hearing it. There are probably some people who are not able to operate the contest and would appreciate the opport
Back by popular demand - the current log checking results for the December Stew Perry contest are now available. You can find them at http://www.kkn.net/stew Please note the deadline for submitting y
These are called "Space Aliens" by anyone visiting HC8N. They seem to be loudest when the band is good towards Eastern Asia - and/or China. They are sometimes heard on lower bands too. Fun to watch o
Guys - this is not the place for political discussions like this. Thanks. Tree _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Hello fellow topbanders. I hope this message finds you in good health. Let this message serve as a reminder that the Summer version of the Stew Perry Topband Distance Challenge is fast approaching an
The preliminary results for the September CW Sprint have been posted. http://ncjweb.com/sprint-scores/preliminary/sprintcwsep2015prelim.txt Log check reports are available from me via return email. 7