GM Hans OK you got my little vote ! 73 BoB WA1FCN 73, de Hans, K0HB Just a Boy and his Radio Hi contesters! It may be a little bit early to ask about WRTC 2022 when 2018 has n
GM Ria Maybe you have never operated from outside the NorthEast USA, but I find it hard to sympathize with your comment about you as a W2 station having a geographic disa
GM Ria and Bob After reading the post from you and Bob KQ2M I see your point. I did contest over 35 years from Conn. and sure as hell got beat a lot from others in
GE All Well it's late I know, but does anyone have 2018 NAQP Prefill in ADI form ? Thanks 73 BoB WA1FCN _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
GE Bob Google full wave 80 meter loop. 73 BoB WA1FCN On 9/13/2018 6:11 PM, N9GG via CQ-Contest wrote: Advice sought for simple wire antenna installation... We just put up a ce
Gm Marco Sometimes you never know what could happen. 2011 I finished First place USA Low Power in CQ WW RTTY. I Never thought that possible ! I had no recording or anything . Eve
GE Tim I also plan NO FT8. Tho if operating Unlimited FT8 might be a big help on 80 meters for multipliers ? The official flag day for the new 77-bit FT8 messages was Monday Dec 14 wi
GE Tim Basically I agree with you. I also DO NOT plan to use FT8. Tho it might very helpfull to UNlimited class 0n 80 meters for multipliers If anyone is wondering, yes I do o
GA All Say does anyone have an up to date NAQP prefill ? I have one for July 2018 , but it is a rather small one. I have been in NAQP a number of years and I am no
GM Ria FT8 Has it's pluses and minuses .... This is from someone who operates FT 8 for about 1 hour most mornings. The minuses I can see it's making me a lazy operator. Rathe
GM Sterling Great idea ! You limit it to " Big Gun stations " I would think a number " Nice stations " but far from "Big Guns " would like to help also. I know I would. Just
GE Dennis A similar situation happened to me many years ago. I was a YCCC member then. I operated VE3RM's ( sk ) station in ARRL DX. When we submitted it for YCCC credit, it was
GM All Well I sure remember listening to 3830 reports. I was so amazed at scores. After hearing these tremendous scores, I never dared to report my lowly efforts.
GA All After several hours of contesting with headphones, my ears are sore sore sore. Anyone ever replace ear pads with something larger that would cover the whole ea
GM All Thanks to guys who offered advice on a better ear pad. Well based on a tip from Dave K2XR, Dave N3RD, and W3EA I ordered a set of Brainwavz ear pads. A little p
GM Bill I hope we do not have 3 more years of no sunspots! 73 BoB WA1FCN CQWW: Time to let the member states of the USA work each other for points just like the member states
GE Jeff I hate to say it but your remark about "dumb down contest to the point where no skills are required " is on the horizon when it comes to FT8. This from someone who s
GM Joe Well I do agree with you about contest and FT8. I will certainly admit it has it's pluses and minuses. In my case I really believe it is a passing thing. I just can not