One somewhat expensive solution is to use a triplexer and then feed each bands coax into a 2x6 relay box such as a SixPak. The relay box makes it physically impossible for both radios to connect on t
The 4O3A units have impressive specs but I wondering how important the extra 20+dB is. I have never observed an isolation issue with my Array Solutions SixPak. John KK9A The only way I know of is rep
This is another case of should you log what was sent or what is correct. Committee members typically say to log was is sent even if obviously incorrect. I did this in CQWW RTTY when a zone sent was o
Which committee members said over and over to correct an incorrect report? In September 2016 the CQWW RTTY director posted the following in response to my question regarding an incorrectly sent zone:
If he sent ett that would be 500. Whether the station is sending ttt or ett, I am sure that many will ask for a repeat. John I believe he was actually sending ETT for his opinion of the cut number 10
This is a terrible error as it caused a lot of confusion all weekend long and it probably caused me to lose many QSOs. I had many DX stations that continuously called me and if I eventually worked th
I concur that you stations need to ID frequently. Send your callsign instead of useless stuff like QRZ. However, frequent IDing does not stop people from duping you after a bad spot. Note everyone li
CQWW will take your log at any time, it is just not eligible for awards after five days unless you get an extension. LU5DX also asked me for my WW CW log in January. His email even stated how many QS
As far as spectrum usage goes what is the difference between this and a single op CQing on two bands? KK9A Jeff, Thanks for the comments. I agree with your interpretation of the rules, I don't like t
I agree if all multis interleaved on the same band that the bands would be excessively crowded. It is already hard enough to find and hold a clear frequency, especially on SSB. However if the thousan
Well stated Jorge! The "X" reason that W0MU is demanding of the PJ4G team is quite obvious, they did it to make more QSO's. If the ARRL did not want in-band interleaving QSOs they would have prohibit
I think it is poor assumption to say that we are all connected to the internet. There are contest stations that do not even have a bathroom. My P40A station had no internet, why should this be a requ
Why? ABHP does not require that you run more than 100 watts or that you operate on all bands. John KK9A The single band doesn't win. In fact, I don't even think low power scores will beat high power
Yes that is how it works, Stan. This is an unusual occurrence do to the high point location of Ceuta and Melilla, the WPX double point 40m scoring system and also a great effort by EF9R. If he wanted
Perhaps it depends on what controllers you have. Hy-Gain rotators have a brake and are a pain to turn with the stock controller, especially when they stick. I have only prop pitch and TIC ring rotato
Is there a way to have some unclaimed QSOs in a cabrillo file? John KK9A I was advised to do that by K3EST for the 8P8P CQ WW SSB M/S log when we discovered that a bug in our logging software caused
Has the April issue been sent out? John KK9A It's printed at the end of the results in the April issue of CQ. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:52 PM, DXer <hfdxmonitor@gmail.com> wrote: _____
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in every contests. I doubt it is intentional, just careless spot clicking. John KK9A One of those DQed is a YB who made about 50 QSO's, and may not even understand what self-spotting is. But the wor
Sometimes a casual effort is all that is needed for a winning score do to lack of competition in a particular category. It is probably a good idea to always record however I doubt that the WW committ