Looks like a contesters' Who's Who. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-con
This is reasonable to me. As a really little pistol most of the time, I'm not going to get through on the first call if the guy has that big of a pileup. If I'm going to spend a few minutes calling h
But how would you know? If I send my exchange and all I get from the other station is "QSL" or "R" or "TU", then I would have to assume at the moment that he copied it correctly as far as he was conc
Hi Herb, Good to see you here! I just checked my logs. I worked KP4KE on three bands. On all three bands he sent me the power level of 100. 73, Zack W9SZ _____________________________________________
Yes, good point, Paul. I was just indicating that he wasn't sending 42 in the contest. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Another thing is that I've received all sorts of oddball power levels from people in the ARRL DX contest over the years. 999, 995, 763, 155, 37 ... I have often had a passing thought about how they m
I'm sure we all know that there are a lot of people out there who have no idea what any given contest is. If someone is just calling "CQ Contest," these other ops don't know the rules and think they
I wish I'd gotten to cross paths with W9WNV. He left his card at the CWOPS booth and that was my first inkling he was at Dayton this year. 73, Zack W9SZ ______________________________________________
Maybe "light up" is not the correct terminology. I think if they see the device powers up, they assume it isn't full of something other than the expected innards. Whenever I've taken my digial SLR th
Pirates do get on in contests once in a while. Some years ago I worked a "4S7" in a contest. He was running stations for about half an hour on CW, mostly (but not limited to) JA's. Then he disappeare
I have never heard any complaints about my TS-850. I run it barefoot; no amp here. I just did the capacitor mods - replaced all the caps on the CAR board and the display board (the latter because the
I don't cheat. I don't know how much the proposed rules will impact me, either. I have been a Single-Op (QRP) Portable in most VHF contests for the last 10 years or more. My favorite spot to operate
This rules change was recommended by a VHF-UHF advisory committee. It probably will have no bearing on HF contests. VHF+ contesting is not anything like HF contesting. I'm a VHF+ contester. Beam patt
Back in the 50's a farmer just north of my home town decided to name his little light plane landing strip "Clow International Airport." The name still stands. 73, Zack W9SZ __________________________
CW spy numbers stations use what we call the "ANDUWRIGMT" cut numbers system. A=1, N=2, D=3, etc. The sequence of cut numbers was discovered when identical number sets were transmitted by voice stati
I haven't found one. Our local club uses that logging program for Field Day. I hate that feature (or lack of it). 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
Well, it doesn't say "REAL operator name." Maybe I could use "Zack Attack" because quite a few of my friends actually call me that. 73, Zack W9SZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
It doesn't say "REAL operator name." I have several nicknames people use for me. I might say techcnically they are names I could use, since people call me that and I respond to it. 73, Zack W9SZ ____
I think the members of the K1N DXpedition would appreciate any donations you can manage, for THEIR effort. I know each of these guys put forth a LOT of money. One of the ops in the 1993 KP1 DXpeditio