Hi All If you don't have a Extra class license, can you 'borrow' an Extra class call, say for WPX? 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@cont
Hi Jon If you are using XP, you might try doing a 'system restore' just before your Q's all disappeared. That happened to me once and when I did the restore, the Q's were back. If you made any Q's af
So, now I can't operate above 7030 because SOMEBODY ELSE might get DQ'd ?? Sheesh. Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://l
My wife purchased a new laptop for me with Vista installed on it and I have not had a single problem with it running ANY programs. I run N1MM Logger and have used it in the SSB, RTTY, and CW modes. I
Boy, we think SO2R is a new thing, but while browsing the ARRL archives, I found this about W3LOE, the winner in the '58 ARRL DX contest: "During the fray, split 'phones were often brought to bear, e
Hi Greg I think the last contest I did with pencil and paper was the CW WPX around '90. I had 685 Q's and had to go through the log and sort the multipliers, dupes, etc, by hand. That actually took l
Yeah, and then when the band opened to JA, you had JA1, JE1, JF1, JG1, JH1, JI1, etc, etc. then you moved to the JA 2nd call area :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Hi Steve It might be fun from some parts of the country, but here on the left coast, working DX in a contest is usually about a 1-2 hour stint in the morning for the Eu opening (if theres an opening
Hi Mike I also have a hard time understanding some of the callsigns when they only give them one time and very fast. My hearing is just about shot from work noise and SSB is getting harder and harder
I'd also like to see more operation in the wasteland from 3600-3800 during a contest. Everyone crams in from 3800-3850 and from 3800 down it's very quiet. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________
Hi Pete I had the same problem here with my TS-450SAT. I use Audacity to record the macros and they were always WAY louder than the mike plugged into the sound card. I found that in Audacity, I had t
The NR was a fun contest. I have some old QST's here that I have looked back through at the NR results and have always wondered if any of those 2x3 callsign Novice winners are still active in contest
Been contesting here for many moons, and for me, it's a hearing thing. I think as people get older, hearing becomes more of a problem. Younger guys have better hearing than us OF's. Listening to SSB
I think I'd have to disagree with that. Most of the 'rookies' probably had a computer and played online games before becoming a ham. Most kids I know now are more computer savvy than I am. Especially
Why are so many dwelling on the negatives? It's a new contest. Contests are great. Its a contest for newbies. Getting newbies into contesting is great. You don't have to upload a log in 10 minutes. Y
Boy, if I were you, I DEFINATELY WOULD NOT enter this contest. The stress level would probably be too much to handle :-) 73 Tom WWHY Suppose an unforseen quasi-emergency or needed family get together
I always read the emails before I read them, just so I don't fall into this trap. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:/
Yep, same here. Might be someone needs the 'rare' Oregon QSL card for WAS or something. If you just blow them off, they might remember you in the NAQP or SS or other domestic contest. I just like to
You might be right on that. Some others have mentioned the fact that you can 'get within 200 cycles' of another station and just keep on operating. What it that other station has a 400 or 500 cycle
Why couldn't a DX operator just request that no spots be posted for them if they don't wish to be spotted. Seems like it shouldn't be to hard to do. 73 Tom W7WHY _____________________________________