Good points by by responders to this thread. It is especially true that you should probably stick to iambic if that's what you've been using. I don't really use iambic features, but I need an iambic
I have to admit that I don't have redundancy in this matter. Mark me down for a whole bunch of demerits. I made my first paddle for a homebrew TO keyer out of wood with TWO strips of aluminum because
Paul You do yourself an injustice. You do enjoy redundancy, you CAN use an iambic keyer with your single lever paddle, just by using it conventionally. Actually it's good for discipline in sending ,
I don't remember the contest (probably something on 160M), but I had an LCR report once with mention that 2 Q's did not match in terms of a specified time period ( within 5min??). As I recall, I woun
< As an example, if I worked N2BJ before I worked you, my exchange to you would be "N7DF GN37 N2BJ".> Gee, Paul, I dunno... if a fair percentage of the casual participants didn't read the rules care
< What's with the LDC's (long delayed responses)? Some guys wait 15 or 20 seconds before answering your CQ. Why?> Steve - because some stations ( like me ) haven't done a RTTY contest in almost 2 dec
snip Him: "G3LGK" Me: "3LGQ 5NN WV" Him: "G3LGK TU 5NN100" Me: "G3LGK TU N4ZR" snip I was in the process of posing the same question. It seemed like the practice of correcting ones call could use a d
I recall someone actually getting popped at Dayton many, many, many years ago. Dunno if it was over Contest Ettiquette, but only one exchange was transmitted /received .... "K ". Paul WB2ABD ________
A couple of years ago, I used N1MM with the IARU contest template, and worked the County Hunter CW, NEQP, InQP and 7-land all at once. The devil was paid in full by parsing out the logs from the file
ARRL 160 ... imagine getting a dupe from a guy you've known for many years... belongs to the same club ... I haven't been able to broach the subject. Felt like my cat bit me ... like the man said, no
" My concern has always been, what does the contest checking software "think" when it sees a string of closely spaced qso's followed by a 5 or 10 or even 15 min interlude and then followed by an hour
<< Hmmm, I thought the NAQP (North American QSO Party) was really a coast-to-coast QSO party :^) 73. Rick, K6VVA * The Locust >> But it doesn't have 3,077 multipliers ( umm, counties/parishes/distric
How about mobile bonus points for nailing a deer or elk? Perhaps a point for each dollar of the insurance claim? It would make up for lost operating time. ABD ________________________________________
If I also operated from home, then I would think it inappropriate to spot the M/M , or indicate to them any help with spotting mults and such. That sounds like a rule violation. Paul WB2ABD _________
This wasteful practice saved me from having three busted calls ... all dyslexiated by my poor typing. The other station corrected me all three times. Preferable to having a TNX, QSL, NR, GM ( or comb
I and a few others got bounces when emailing the log file. We did the "cut & paste > web page" route suggested as an alternative, and did receive a confirmation after doing that. Paul WB2ABD one of t
I just worked them and continued along. It's faster than explaining anything, and doesn't hurt your log ... keeps your rhythm going. What I find interesting is the report you get from US contacts ...
Well, the CW abbreviation for that decimal is "R", so how about "R5"? N1MM accepts it in the field. No massaging necessary. WB2ABD _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
My thanks to the RDXA , WNYDXA and sponsors for the beautiful NYQP plaque. I don't get many of them, so I can't wait to hang it on the wall. You guys did a fabulous job, and all within 6 months. Paul
Sometimes the station worked will send the call of the non-identifying run station ... a good case for sending the call back. The real annoying circumstance I ran into this past weekend was waiting f