George, The odds are very good that Bonaire will become a new country on the ARRL DX country list because beginning 10-10-10 it meets all the criteria for a new country on the DXCC list . Read this a
It would also be interesting to find out how the CQ country list will be effected by this ? They use a separate country list from the ARRL for the CQWW DX contest. W4TV has an error in his comments -
Dan, K1TO, was up here in Columbus ,GA a few times this summer doing some antenna work at K4BAI's house. We had several opportunities over lunch/dinner to discuss the WRTC selection criteria. Dan ask
Anyone in YCCC know when there is going to be another group purchase of the SO2R boxes ? I'm interested in getting one. Can someone also remind me of what the cost for one is and who to contact to ge
Seems pretty stupid to have two contests sponsored by ARRL on the same weekend. The ARRL RTTY contest will probably take away participants from the NAQP CW anyway. The fact is that RTTY contesting is
Over 5000 logs submitted already for CQWW CW this year and the November CW Sweepstakes sure had some big QSO numbers. Tim, I would be interesting to see how many of those numbers for CQWW are from th
Dave, Just listen to SS CW on Sunday. You run out of people to work unless you are in a rare section. Most of the growth in CW is in EU and Russia. It's dead in the US. I just turned 50 and I'm still
I think it's unfair to compare the Icom IC756PRO with what is available today. The technology is more than a decade old compared to today's K3's , FT5000 DX etc. Sure those newer radios are going to
I have always been curious how someone is chosen to serve on the CAC ? My guess is that is when someone is elected as the director for a division they appoint someone ? To tell you the truth I didn't
Below are numbers I took from the ARRL results database. I think many people have just made a blanket statements that there should be a distance based points system without even looking over the numb
The east coast doesn?t always win in ARRL DX. For example take a look at the 2010 results. In fact in most of the categories it?s not all east coast stations in the top ten. I?m sure you will find th
.and contrary to KU8E's post we are not talking about changing the VHF?UHF tests either...we are simply talking about the ARRL DX..... NQ4I isn?t considering the big picture because he is only a DX c
Dick, I did the same analysis for ARRL DX as G3SXW but went further than he did by breaking the results down by regions of the world. Our numbers are slightly different so I'm not sure where Roger go
"Another important change was made a not long after. The mid-West and West Coast ops and others like myself felt hat it was unfair to work US for mult credit and no points." Bob, I remember back in
It would be nice if CQ could maybe swap the CW and SSB weekends for both CQWW and WPX every other year so CW doesn't always fall on a holiday weekend. K4BAI and I always have problems finding operat
Why not a combined GA-FL QSO Party the 2nd weekend of April ? Steve, The Florida and Georgia QSO parties are probably #2 and #3 behind the CQP as far as activity. This year's GQP had 462 entries and
For all categories: 12. When two or more transmitters are present on a band, either a software or hardware device MUST be used to prevent more than one signal at any one time;interlocking two or more
When these discussions come up no one ever seems to talk about the ERP of the antennas that people are using. If you change the power limit to 100 watts is it fair for someone using a wire antenna su
I wonder how many stations from outside the USA go back thru their logs and edit (correct) the zones of USA stations they work in CQWW DX ? Is copying the right zone, when you know what it is 99% of
There is a new website up and running for the "Radio House" on Bonaire. There are many "prime" contest weekends open for the rest of this year and in 2012. Currently there are 3 world records that ha