Mike, Having had to personally deal with Riley on some issues a few years ago, I can assure that the problem is well in hand. It may take some time... the FCC is a government bureaucracy, after all,
Steve, Interesting question. But the next question I would ask is "was there a SIGNAL on the air alleging to be XY8Z on the air at that time?" Sad to say, we have a tiny group of jokers who love to p
A good sports analogy? Well... Many marathons, 10 K races, and so forth have hundreds if not thousands of participants. But look closer... there is usually an "elite" group of runners seriously compe
One year during the Pa QSO Party, back in the Jurassic era... er, circa 1980... a couple of us at the Penn State club station ran K3CR multi/multi. One station dedicated SSB, one CW. We probably woul
I see both Bill's point and Rag's point. And because of my prefix, I tend to get a lot of cards too. So I've tried to adapt the following "rules" to how I handle QSL cards... Incoming Cards: 1. Direc
Boris, Let's be clear that LotW confirmations only cost a fee when the person who has RECEIVED the confirmation applies for an award; there remains NO charge to upload or view a log. And yes, when ad
Hmmm... Brett, I understand where you're coming from. But let me put it to you this way: Suppose, for the sake of argument, my local 10 meter club decides to sponsor a new 10 meter contest in the spr
If anyone is interested in reading W9UK / VP2MUK's write-up on last month's VP2M DXpedition (which included the VP2MVX operation in the ARRL DX CW), you can find it in this month's issue of the WASHR
Sorry Ken, not so fast. You forgot to mention that April F0OL (also FO0L) was QRV from San Serriffe. Those of you who get The Daily DX will have seen the announcement that was sent out yesterday by B
Like Jim, I couldn't tell you the last time I saw QST on a magazine rack at a magazine/bookstore or in the magazine aisle of a supermarket. And I do see CQ, but it's sporadic. There are reasons why,
I should have added in my earlier reply that while I would like to see contest results back in QST, I would be willing to settle for another in-print venue... and the NCJ seems tailor-made for that p
Tim, I believe they've set a target date of or or about 13 July to declare Montenegro independant. I would expect that the ITU will, in due course, issue them a new prefix block, unless as part of th
I have to agree in principle with AA6DX. There have been more than a few contests over the years where I simply didn't have time to commit more than a few hours, if that much, and made only a small a
Oh boy, I can just see the flames now... Jim, the short answer is that: (a) There is no LEGAL restriction preventing a contest on the WARC bands, but (b) Accepted VOLUNTARY amateur practice has been
But at what point do you "lose" the frequency when you jump to the other rig? I will agree that if you're making a quick (stress: "quick") jump back & forth, especially on CW at a decent speed, you p
Depends on the exact exchange, which is very truncated in the example below. If it's unconditional? No, probably not. If it's conditional? Probably. (Although "obligated" might be too strong a word).
I think you're both right on target here. My issue remains, though, when you THINK you've found a clear frequency, have made a few CQ's and even a few QSO's, and then havd someone show up and demand
Now there's some irony for you. Contest logs (at least for ARRL contests) were acceptable for DXCC credit way back in the "golden age" (1945 - mid '60's), a practice I understand was discontinued som
Why is this being dredging up again after over a month? How are 17 and 12m any narrower than the 40m band in Region 2? Actually, there are still some parts of 30m that are shared with the Fixed servi
Ahhh, indeed. Memories: Sometime circa 1979-1980 time frame, a couple of us at the Penn State ARC K3CR realized that with not much effort, we stood a good chance of winning Multi-Op WPA for the ARRL