I see no reason not to have fun with callsigns, especially on Field Day. A club I was in used W9DE one year for Field Day; we used "Whiskey Nine Dirty Ernie" because W9DE is named Ernie. But too many
I heard one station sending "5NN 33" but he didn't send his callsign in over three minutes, so I passed him by. Lots of stations to work who ARE sending their calls. 73, Zack W9SZ ___________________
I don't have a problem with other people using code readers. I myself can still copy close to 55 wpm and have pretty good CW ears in the QRM/QRN. I don't use any assistance in copying CW. But I can't
I think I might use my middle name for this one because I know I'm going to have even more problems with my first name on SSB than I did on CW! I have a short, simple middle name. 73, Zack W9SZ _____
As long as the rules don't specifically prohibit it, I don't know why it can't be done. In fact, I have had several stations in HF contests ask me to QSY to another band to work them. It happened twi
Well, whoever "VE7KFM" was, he busted quite a few calls! 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
Either that, or someone else was pirating his call. That's one thing wrong with the "courtesy" feature of packet, which I think was initially set up so if you wanted to give credit for the spot to so
Maybe someone will put one on Peter I and Bouvet, too. And who is going to run to all these places to repair the equipment when it fails? Getting to Peter I is no easy task. 73, Zack W9SZ ___________
A club I was in once used remote logging from a remote site for Sweepstakes. We were actually at the site operating but the logging was done via landline modem to a DEC-10 computer twelve miles away.
Just because it shows up as a packet spot doesn't mean you're going to work it. I never worked Ed when he was in P5. I never worked Chuck Brady or the other op (Petrus?) when they were on Bouvet. I a
There used to be a thing called "rule of law." Some places and some countries still have it. It was pointed out to me that in the recent disaster in Japan, there was virtually NO looting. Would that
Did anyone get a short video of the trophy? Like maybe even 5 seconds? You just can't fully appreciate the flashing lights in a still photo! 73, Zack W9SZ ____________________________________________
I often operate portable in VHF contests and otherwise from a hill in the middle of a wind farm (Twin Groves Wind Farm, McLean County IL). These have 300 ft tall towers and 150 ft long blades. I am n
Depending on how bad the guy's CW was, it might also have been something like K5VXQ. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com ht
I am the same way. I do it for fun. Yes, it would be nice to win some day, but that's unlikely with my station. The couple times I did win something was at someone else's station. When you win a radi
The speed limit on I-94 in North Dakota is 75 mph. There are probably other places with that speed limit. The last time I was there I didn't even know what the speed limit was until I was in the stat
Some years ago I worked V73C on 40 meters in the ARRL CW DX contest. He was just booming in. He gave 005 as his power. I asked him about it later. He said he was indeed running 5 watts but had a beam
Interesting scenario. My opinion, like yours, is that QSO's should be logged as they are made. But how would someone prove, disprove or even check for such an occurrence? It seems impossible to verif
So what definition of "use" fits here? If I buy a tube of skin cream and give it to you, have I "used" it? 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Con