This talk of signing calls has inspired me to (once again) give a brief review of proper calling technique in a contest. K5TR is surfing around on a very uncluttered 10 meters at 18Z calling South Am
Before I jump into my comments, I'd first like to say that I very much admire Trey's operating skills, and almost never disagree with him, but I have one slight disagreement here. <snip> Okay. One sl
But you forgot to qualify something here, Trey. What you describe is the AMERICAN method... After an exciting weekend in the IOTA contest, and for the benefit of those new contesters who missed the l
Inspired by correspondence with K4BAI, I used the QRZ message "R HC1OT" for 99% of my QSOs in WPX CW and found that it worked fine. However here is an example of another type of poor technique I obse
Trey -- Very good summary, as always. One important exception: Exception for split frequency operations: (e.g., 40m and 80m SSB): [RA3A on 40m sends on 7077]: Alfa Three Alfa Listening 213 [snarling
Auto correct has nothing to do with what Trey documented. Auto correct is used when you send the + key for confirming/logging the QSO. When you send your report to a station in CT during S&P you can
WOW Jim, Thats a pretty sweeping condemnation of EU operators ! Ok you had a bad experience with the station you used in your example, however judging from your last paragraph you are painting all EU
Hi Robert, First, may I suggest that if you have a dictionary available, check 'sarcastic' and 'humor'. I would never base my opinion on a contact with one station either, Robert. I base it on thousa
Greetings Speed Demons and Slow Pokes, I've had similar experiences with Euopean stations who are just makin a few contacts and aren't in the contest. I don't mind if they send my call ONCE. That's g
Hi Robert, First, may I suggest that if you have a dictionary available, check 'sarcastic' and 'humor'. I would never base my opinion on a contact with one station either, Robert. I base it on thousa