I think we will need a chapter that describes how to integrate contesting with the activities of a "real" ham radio club and how such a club can benefit from contesting in general. By "real" I mean a
FWIW In his write up of the results of the February 1994 CW Sprint (July 1994 NCJ), which was held the first weekend in February, Tree mentions a proposal to swap the CW and SSB February Sprints in 1
The VA QSO Party starts this Saturday at 1800Z. You can check out the rules at: http://www.qsl.net/sterling/QSOParty.html As in years past I've put together a TRLog .dom file for this contest. The on
Please try to get on for the 2003 edition of the Virginia QSO Party, which will be held this weekend: 1800Z 3/15/03 - 0200Z 3/17/03. Check http://members.bellatlantic.net/~ks4ii/ for rules, etc. Basi
It has been mentioned in passing, but for CW I believe that the "rhythm" of a callsign, especially the suffix, has a lot to do with having it being easy to remember and therefore picked out and copie
The Virginia QSO Party is coming up this weekend. Please get on the air and give some of us VA contesters and non-contesters a few Q's. VAQP starts 1800Z on 3/17 and ends 0200 3/19. Complete rules an
I think Jim will be in Dayton and won't be able to participate in the Florida QSO Party this year. Better ask someone else... 73 - John, W4AU -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-con
Or maybe it would be even faster if PED could be set up to emulate TRLog... 73 - John, W4AU -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@
Just a reminder that the 25th edition of the Virginia QSO Party will take place this weekend. 1800Z Saturday 3/18 to 0200Z Monday 3/20. Get on for a few hours and hand out some stateside mults to us
Dennis - I'll confess to having blundered and transmitted into my ICE BP filter with the xcvr set on one band and the filter on another a few times - fortunately, with no ill effects. I have one radi
This year's and, from the description of the results, last year's WPX TS category reads "tribander/single element". When I looked at the 1998 results in "CQ Contest" the category was described as "tr
Is there going to be a Contesting Dinner as in the past at Dayton this year? If so, how can I sign up for tickets? tnx es 73 - John, W4AU -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/
Take a look at: http://www.nstl.com/html/nstl_ymark2000.html These guys have free software that does a pretty thorough check of MS-DOS / Windows computers to see if they can cope with Y2K issues. No
Hi Scott - probably Good ideas, and I'm glad that you started this thread. For what it's worth, I use a slightly different method to S&P when I first get on a new band. I go up (or down) the band wor
Where does the FT-1000D fit into the FT-1000 family? tnx es 73 - John, W4AU -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contesting.com
Situation: Two-radio contesting setup: No.1 radio is on tribander, No.2 radio on 40/80 Windom wire antenna. I have only one ICE bandpass filter. The two antennas are separated by about 100 feet, and
I recently bought a second 419 for my fledgling two-radio setup. I noticed that my "old" (~1 year) 419 showed flashing led's when transmitting on my 40/80 antenna, but that my "new" filter didn't. I
After hearing the discussions here about frequency fights; about stations that go to the trouble to broadcast 180 degrees off their beam headings to "keep others off their backs"; whether 4-over-4-ov
I was the ham (KH6IJX at that time...) who had a daily sked with Mack and Muff Graham after they left Hilo on their way to Palmyra. We were living on the Big Island at the time while I was working at
I find that I will be semi-stranded in the San Francisco Bay Area for at least part of Field Day this year. If anyone needs a CW (or SSB, I can talk...) operator, I will be available Saturday afterno