I've listened to my tapes vs. my CQWW CW error report and can say overall the log checking is VERY GOOD! I had about 33 good hours of tape. I evidently didn't hit the record button and lost 6 importa
Whether CQ is expanding coverage or contracting coverage is a matter of semantics. Assuming what has been posted is true, if I only subscribed to CQ I would think it was contracting. If I subscribed
So now you are selecting a station designer and letting him bring in his hired guns to operate for him? Does he get to bring his towers and antennas with him? Its your stadium, your football, your ru
Earbuds are the MOST comfortable way to go. Yes, the frequency range is large as they are sold for listening to music. However, they are inexpensive ($5 to $20,) weigh virtually nothing and only come
The best solution to the WPX callsign issue is to form a club and get a club callsign for WPX. It only takes 3 other members and they don't even have to be hams (XYL and kids in my case - WK6LA, the
Then there is the guy in Phone Sweepstakes who, after answering my CQ, always starts his exchange with me by saying "Thanks for NOT saying 'Please Copy.'" 73, Ken, K6LA
I've been working with Robby, VY2SS, to build up his contest station. I decided it would be beneficial get a Canadian call. I got the study materials from RAC. Since its been a while since I took the
Is there a Canadian equivalent to the USGS topological maps that are available at http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.php? I just got local data for Los Angeles, plugged it into Microdem
After something like 9 consecutive Mr. Universe titles, Arnold Schwarzenegger retired to give someone else a chance at victory. Maybe Al is going into politics (or acting):) Or maybe he is just givin
Mal, N7MAL, complained about being worked by stations in the single op category after his station was spotted in SS & NAQP. In his post he stated "If it happened once, or maybe even twice, it might b
Mal is correct. I did work him in the 2004 SS. I apparently was checking my 2004 Phone SS log while watching the Angels/White Sox game. I apologize for the mistake. The following is an except from my
November 9, 1965. I remember it well. It was my mother's birthday. I was 15 and a novice, WN2TFK. I couldn't wait to get home from school because I was ready to put my coke bottle vertical on the air
Oms and I had this discussion a number of months ago. Oms states "The selection criteria based upon results is one of the major request from our contest population." I don't know who was asked. I sus
Hi Chris, I think most people would agree that it requires MUCH less endurance to sit in the chair for four hours than it does for even only twenty-four hours. 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT _________________
Hi George, Yes, WRTC 2002 did have a rating system and I did go through a lot of trouble to rank contesters. Then it was completely ignored. OK, I'll agree you need to know CW very well to do well in
If casual operators who are NOT IN THE CONTEST stop operating in the contest, the contest will be a lot LESS FUN for anyone who IS in the contest. If you are NOT IN THE CONTEST, which means you are n
Hi Oms, Thank you for your post. Please note that while there have been complaints about the criteria, no one has questioned the intent, integrity or effort of the WRTC 2006 committee. The committee
I have a completely different concept for WRTC, with the emphasis being on the "T" part (TEAM.) If Los Angeles gets the 2016 Olympics (LA is planning a bid after being shut out of the 2012 Olympics,)
"If you are populating a bandmap with the express intention of aiding your score in a contest, you are (IMHO) operating the contest.* And if you are operating the contest before the official start, y