Author: George Schultz via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 15:15:11 -0400
I'm sure you'll be hearing more about this, but... I was just notified that one of the most amazing people I've ever known--and a man whose friendship I so treasured--John Brosnahan, W0UN, became a S
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 08:37:02 -0400
Definitely not CWRU/W8EDU. Not quite the buildings, and definitely not the tropical vegetation. 73 -- Jim K8MR W8EDU '71 My educated guess is QTH Philadelphia, and the antennas are on top of the Univ
Author: Lee Dziekan via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 15:22:52 +0000 (UTC)
I have two Contest Dinner tickets available. Saturday May 21 Crowne Plaza#137, 138 Let me know quickly if anyone has a need. LeeN8LJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 01:19:20 +0000 (UTC)
Just 2 comments about the points raised so far: 1) It is easy to hook up a local skimmer, no internet involved, to populate a bandmap and make yourself appear to be a good, competent SO2R op. Truly,
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 08:50:57 -0400
I have an 1-1/2" stack of them going back to about January 1966. I don't know how complete the set is. After having scanned about 10 years of the Mad River Radio Club "Flash" last fall, I'm not too e
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 16:24:26 -0400
The common definition of Assistance refers to single operators who use cluster spots, run their own skimmers or get some kind of outside help to find stations. On CW and RTTY the spots are now gather
Author: Bob Grubic via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 18:03:45 -0400
CW colleague wanted! - A great opportunity for a CW op in Southern California who is not already attached to another club or groupor who would like a change. - Im looking for a CW operator to team up
Author: DXer via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 11:18:55 -0400
Mike, cannot run, they must stick with strictly S&P. Makes sense to me! This sounds about right, and would be easy to verify/enforce. More than one consecutive QSO on the same frequency would denote
Author: "Charles R.Tropp via CQ-Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 16:56:59 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Dave, I have found that virtually all contesting takes place in the General portion of the bands. Occasionally, if there is a lot of activity, you will find some people running just below the line
Author: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:54:24 -0400
I am having trouble figuring out which suggestions are serious and which are "tongue in cheek" on this thread. Clearly proposals to put guys not using the internet but who happen to be spotted by oth
Author: DXer via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 18:11:24 -0400
So true...I used to do that as a much younger PY1. To be honest, there is no way I would do that today, sorry. 73 de Vince, VA3VF _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing li
Author: DXer via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 18:04:35 -0400
Participants with a conscience. :^) 73 de Vince, VA3VF == I am writing up the RTTY Roundup article, and in looking at the results data there is a fairly high number of checklogs. I know some of the m
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 05:40:46 -0400
The survey on "convergence and change" and whether the Single Op and Single Op Assisted categories should be merged will be closed on Wednesday 26 May. You can still vote until then at https://www.su
Author: Bob Kupps via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 01:38:07 +0000 (UTC)
Hi well all I have to add is that I hope that there will always be as many categories of competition as possible. I applaud the efforts of the WWROF and others for keeping radiosport competition as f
Author: Larry via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 01:39:58 -0400
hi all, i note that in the CQ WW CW there are 26 plaques offered for single-op single band. not one for assisted. that causes me to wonder that if the same amount of plaques were offered for assisted
Author: George via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:59:18 -0400
I must admin that I never thought about running a skimmer at my own QTH. If I did, that would seem like I would be ASSISTED! I bet this starts up this discussion all over again, just when I thought i
Author: DXer via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 02:29:54 +0000 (UTC)
Apologies for the off-topic. Any mailing list focusing on DXing? Something along the lines of the list once maintained by VE7TCP, the NJDXA, or KH2D of the 90s. 73 de Vince, VA3VF ___________________
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 06:28:28 -0400
Here are the questions and resultsfrom the Surveymonkey poll with 328 individual responses. In general, more than 2 to 1 in favor of keeping SO and SOA assisted. A clear majority also think the level
Author: DXer via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 13:25:12 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Ron, Thank you very much for your reply. I tried the NJDXA lists a couple of times, but never received any messages, so I though it was inactive. The one on QTH.NET, seems to only have the weekly
Author: Bob Kupps via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 13:30:30 +0000 (UTC)
Hi you know as much as I prefer non assisted class IMO in-shack technologies like your own skimmer, code reader, pan display, SO2R, 2 radio CQing with octopus, computer autofill logging, keyboard key