Hi All. In doing some schoolwork(transcribing) I found that the foot switch we use has two sets of contacts. Right side moves the transcriber forward, and the left side moves it backward. That would
You are dead wrong Jan. Out of 300 contacts, 75 were with U.S. stations for 25 percent. I'm sure your European percentage was a lot higher than that. Tom W7WHY -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contes
HI Darrell I think the 1 point rule is great. I'll still work DX over U.S stations every time, but when the DX is gone, I've got someone to work. It gives us little pistols a lot more action, and kee
HI Pedro. When I had my FT-102, it came with a 500 cycle filter in it. It worked good for casual operating, and I thought it was just what I needed. When I got into my first CW contest with that filt
Hi Doug Have you thought of TRLog in the simulator mode? You could keep up your skills at contesting, and people on the train would think you were working :-) 73 Tom W7WHY -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http:
How true Hans. How far are we going to take this computer logging anyway? There still needs to be some human element left in contesting rather than huge databases with everyone's name, section automa
What would be fun is a East vs West QSO party. Split the U.S. somewhere, and have a duel. That would really generate some interest. 73 Tom W7WHY -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-co
That is one reason I don't like fone(y) contests. It's hard for me to get it right the first time. I have a hard time understanding some of the accents and when conditions are poor. I would probably
It seems that the biggest complaint is that there weren't enough stations to work. Having a contest on Memorial Day weekend certainly doesn't help that problem. We (my family and I) spent the weekend
Why doesn't everybody just enter what they receive. That is what I do. If I receive TAEA, that is what I put in the number field. If the contest sponsors don't like that, let them deal with it. 73 To
It seems that the biggest complaint is that there weren't enough stations to work. Having a contest on Memorial Day weekend certainly doesn't help that problem. We (my family and I) spent the weekend
Why doesn't everybody just enter what they receive. That is what I do. If I receive TAEA, that is what I put in the number field. If the contest sponsors don't like that, let them deal with it. 73 To
I guess everyone could go back to handwritten logs and send them in. Oh yeah, some contests won't accept handwritten logs. Tom W7WHY -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Admi
HI Hans I agree with you on this one. If the reports are all 599, why not just drop the report from the exchange. Useless information and just takes up time. Just think how many more Q's we could mak
Hi Steve. That has been a gripe of mine also. I guess we're supposed to log what the other station means, not what they send. You logged the exchange correctly as that is what was sent. 73 Tom W7WHY
Hi Doug. What do you think we have now? The CQWW might as well not even have an exchange. Just type in a callsign and the computer fills in the rest. As far as all the other exchanges, the 599 is red
I guess everyone could go back to handwritten logs and send them in. Oh yeah, some contests won't accept handwritten logs. Tom W7WHY -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Admi
HI Hans I agree with you on this one. If the reports are all 599, why not just drop the report from the exchange. Useless information and just takes up time. Just think how many more Q's we could mak
Hi Steve. That has been a gripe of mine also. I guess we're supposed to log what the other station means, not what they send. You logged the exchange correctly as that is what was sent. 73 Tom W7WHY
Hi Doug. What do you think we have now? The CQWW might as well not even have an exchange. Just type in a callsign and the computer fills in the rest. As far as all the other exchanges, the 599 is red