My assumption was that the judges would recognize that, for example, a contact with a station sending the wrong zone could not possibly be valid, even if I logged exactly what s/he sent. Perhaps I'm
On 10/2/2016 11:02, Mark n2qt wrote: Also be aware that the skimmers (although statistically very good) will confuse a caller and the running station when reporting SNR. This means that the signal le
I remember years ago a guy in Florida who called me in the SP/TBDC. He didn't know his grid, so I asked him for lat/long. He didn't know that, but said he would look it up. Later, he called me again,
K9MA and K1RX are joining the MM team here to celebrate Peter's 80th birthday. 73, Scott. K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
I had the great privilege of being invited to operate at OH5NQ in celebration of Peter's 80th birthday. I've known Peter since 1972, and it was with his assistance that I lived in Finland in 1976. As
On 11/29/2016 07:28, Bill via CQ-Contest wrote: Calling DX stations dead zero beat on their QRG in a pileup is a no no, yet it continues to happen. Please call up or down a few hundred HZ so everyone
I encourage this, because it ought to make it easier to get through for those of use who are NOT exactly zero beat. 73, Scott K9MA 73 Peter SM2CEW Plus, at the DX station's end..it sounds like one hu
Not exactly a hallucination, but one of my favorite contest stories: Back around 1970, W3XU and I did a mult-op in CQWW from W9YT, our college club station. It was Thanksgiving break, so most of the
I just tracked down a bad RFI source to a neighbor's LED dimmer switch. I'm not sure whether the problem is generic or a sample defect, but I'd rather replace it with another brand. (It's a Lutron.)
This LED dimmer apparently switches at 96 kHz, so it's very different from a conventional triac dimmer. I'll let you know if the Levitron on I bought solves the problem. 73, Scott K9MA In general, Lu
Here's what the spectum of a Lutron dimmer switch looks like: http://sdellington.us/hr/RFI161127.jpg There's a long tail upward in frequency for perhaps 70 kHz. Repeats every 96 kHz, and it's quite s
In the MNQP yesterday, I found I had to sign "K9MA/WI" when calling CQ, so callers knew I was not in MN. A lot of MN stations the duped me, as I had omitted the /WI when I called them. So, now there
I know this is flame bait, but even without dueling CQ's, I think there's a problem. Especially when only one band is open, the band is often chock full of multi-op stations and big guns continuously
Maybe 6Y2T could QRS just a tiny bit? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.cont
That's why, IMHO, there SHOULD be a penalty when the other operator busts your call. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
I know it's not always true, but I just assume the guest ops are getting some support from their hosts, so I just ignore their scores when comparing to my own. (Not that I'm ever in contention for a
One reason, I believe, for keeping the separate categories is that they result in completely different operating strategies, especially for those of us do a lot of searching and pouncing. This may no
My 28 year old TH7 needs to come down for maintenance, and I'm told the trap end caps MFJ now sells don't last long. I also may be just a matter of luck that no bugs have moved into any of the traps.
Besides the maintenance issues, the SteppIR won't do the instant band changes I do all the time in contests. Not SO2R, but my station is set up to change bands as fast as the K3 can. That's become a