It is great to see a new contest come along that can possibly be a modern version of the Novice Roundup. I have advocated this for several years. I wasn't involved in the development of the initial r
I had more U.S. stations call me this year than ever before. If it is a "dry" period I just work them real quick and get done with it, but I don't put them in the contest log. However yesterday morni
I used the exact same approach as Ward. It worked and seemed "non-offensive". After being called by a U.S. station, for the immediate next CQ I sent "CQ DX" and it got the message across, then I resu
For what its worth, if anything, once upon a time (Don't know if it still is) there were a few countries that required an applicant for an amateur radio license to submit "proof" of having prior "rad
In just a few short days we will have the 64th running of the January ARRL VHF Sweepstakes. This contest began in January, 1948 and resulted in almost 400 log submissions! Pretty impressive for the t
I never did understand that. My analysis in that situation would have been to go 2O1R! :-))) _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
Wow. It sure took my mind off ham radio contesting for a bit...... :-))) ZN Just heard an ad for this on the radio, commercial radio. Yup, real website, Cheaterville.com. Maybe we could ask them to a
Does anyone have experience with the SureFire BF-100 Bandpass Filter System?? This appears to be the same unit sold by Array Solutions as the Bandpasser II by Hamation. Does anyone have experience wi
Thanks to everyone who responded. Looks like the Array Solutions FilterMax IV is the clear choice. I had no comments at all about the SureFire BF-100 or the DX Enginerring DXE-419-P so those appear t
High power triplexers for triband antennas are becoming popular. If you had a stack of three tribanders what experience does anyone have sharing the stack, for example, with a multi-single where two
Thanks info Stein. Just to clarify, this is with two radios transmitting at the same time, on different bands, for example one on 20 meters and the other on 15 meters, through the StackMatch and no i
Thanks to everyone who responded. I appreciate it. My question was poorly worded, in that I was seeking input on anyone's experience in transmitting two high power signals on different bands at the s
I like that position, except when its a debate between the chicken and the egg !!!! :-)) 73 Joel W5ZN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
That suggests a complete "rethinking" of a multi-op at K3TN to include a cooking competition during the operator off times. The K3LR DX Motel maybe already be in redesign!!!!! 73 Joel W5ZN On 2022-11