hand, a WW contest is always a thrill, but on the other hand this one was very frustrating. Why? Too many stations on too little room. This leads to a situation where you have, within minutes after
Tom: In my humble opinion turning off the spotting network would go a very long way to solving the problem. It amazes me how many guys dump their calls when a spot shows up, even if they have not ide
You are not alone Bob. In fact, that is why we have this rule in the Stew Perry contest: "Remote or Cluster spotting shall not be used." However, I believe there are other factors. Some of them are
Two things I enjoy most about Amateur Radio are contesting and DXing on 160 Meters. Yet for the very reason others have expressed, I have a hard time getting psyched to do a 160 contest. Last year a
Perhaps during every 'even' hour, domestic stations count, while during every 'odd' hour, only non-continental contacts (or perhaps non-same-country) stations are counted? There were a bunch of times
Author: topband-bounces@contesting.com (by way of Bill Tippett<btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:30:44 -0500
Tom and others, I am a beginner on Top band reflector so maybe I've no rights to talk so much over there, but in this case maybe I have some solution reducing the problem... ...not calling CQ DX at a
Different people call CQ DX at different times - with different results. W7LR recently discovered that he should probably call CQ DX more often than he does. I occasionally do it under specific circ
...snip... Petr, Welcome to topband. Actually, CQDX makes considerable sense. There are times when the band is open and nobody discovers it. Last night the A and K were both at zero so I was on there
Author: topband-bounces@contesting.com (by way of Bill Tippett<btippett@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:59:41 -0500
IF there is really a problem, it will probably take care of itself. I made a mistake in never listening above about 1845 thinking there probably was no activity up there. Having it to do over, there
band? Seems "hey I am my setup is am crazy The biggest problem Petr is someone has to be transmitting to know if the band is open. 160, probably as much as ten or six meters, needs a few strategical
Stations will call CQ higher when S&P'ers listen higher. In a contest a few weeks ago, I called CQ on the lowest QRM free frequency, which was about 1905. I got very few replies, and I know my signa