It's been a while since we've had something to get the blood pumping about so here goes... From the ARRL Letter: -- The DXCC credits component of ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) <http://www.arrl.o
While this may excite and motivate the current VHF contesters, I don't see this attracting any new blood. I think directing efforts to entice the FM only crowd, HF contesters who never set the band s
Hi Ev, Thanks for stirring up the pot again. I like it when I get more real email than spam. The contest results used to come out in three months back before home computers were ever invented. Everyb
Speaking of pages in QST at $4000 per page, have you ever noticed the number of pages in QST that are used to list the officers, staff, adds for publications, etc? I ran a rough count of the Dec. 200
So how do we get the attention of the HF only ops? BTW I do my share of HF contesting, too. Although I got my general in 79, it was almost 20 years before I tried VHF (except for very limited 2 meter
At 08:15 PM 5/8/04 -0400, N3AWS@aol.com wrote: So how do we get the attention of the HF only ops? BTW I do my share of HF contesting, too. Although I got my general in 79, it was almost 20 years befo
There are many VHF FM operators that could be enticed to work FM in contests if we could persuade them. In my area most 2 meter contesters hang out on 144.200 and move off when contacts are initiated
From the ARRL Letter: -- The DXCC credits component of ARRL's Logbook of the World (LoTW) <http://www.arrl.org/lotw> secure contact database got off to an enthusiastic and busy start Thursday, May 6-
On Ev's original topic: One interesting HF comparison is the monthly QRP Spartan Sprint run by the Adventure Radio Society ( www.arsqrp.com ). This contest is run on a Monday evening, the entries (ju
Yes. It's called Limited Multi (or even Unlimited Multi). Back in September 1997 a ham friend of mine (N9OU, ex KC5VEI) invited me to participate with the university's amateur radio club in the VHF c
Made 13 QSO's in the 6 meter sprint. Pitiful. Wouldn't have made 2 of those if it weren't for the Mid Atlantic QSO Party. OK--The Swan 250c isn't the hottest radio, the 5 element CushCraft is 35 year
Here's what worked for me, as 'new blood': mentoring. It's just like Bill Seabreeze says, if you help a new guy out you'll help activity. Basically, I got loaner gear and an on-site experienced ment
http://www.dxworld.com/50prop.html http://www.dxworld.com/144prop.html The signal-to-noise ratio on both of these pages can vary wildly depending mostly on band conditions. -- Regime change begins a
The NEWS group, north east weak signal group, is sponsoring an activity program to try to increase activity on the vhf and up bands for weak signal communications. The first step is a scheduling page