The best is if you can get part of a call and stick with it until you work them and dont come back to others calling out of turn. Dont come back to someone calling over the station you are working. D
Even 10 meters has been good for DX starting later in the morning local time. No e skip openings into the USA yet. Have worked a few US on scatter. Don't forget to check 10 meters occasionally! Chuck
See ya on 10m my friend! Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
I had a guy chastise me for doing that. He said I shouldnt because it makes me harder to tune in. He wouldnt elaborate. I put him in with the guys who say they cant call me because I dont leave enoug
I worked UP2LID, but I never got a card... Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq
There is a lot of confusion between the common meanings of the English word: "assisted" and the specific contest rules regarding "Assisted" Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________
I liked it better when the FBI was going to look into it. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Interesting question. I dont think most of those supplements are more than hype. If you look at the ingredients, you will see weird grains and grasses. Im not saying they couldnt work, but they are u
Definitely a solid state hard drive. That way, if you have to re-boot, you can do it in a hurry. Plenty of memory so multiple programs can run at once. Tell Santa a small form so it doesnt take up to
I have occasionally observed times on 10 and 6 meters when signals seem much stronger in one direction than the other. This is measurable to some extent by the signal reports on FT8. It usually corre
I do a lot of single band 10 meters work due to losing a tower in a storm. I have also started using assisted categories. I find that about half the stations I find by (gasp) tuning, have not yet bee
I kinda like holding the 10 meter record all of a sudden. lol Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
Oh gee, I almost forgot that this is a hobby! Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo
I think that if you have the Digi contest selected and you are in the contest, you can click on H to quickly exit contest mode to work someone. When you are not in Contest mode, the H will toggle Hou
Its virtually always going to be someone who is giving out a few Qs to help. There wont be a log turned in. During CQWW RTTY, some station in CA gave me zone 6. Had it been SSB, I would have told him
Odd, I think he wants you to buy something. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/c
I noticed that too. I wondered if someone was deliberately sabotaging the system with bad spots. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesti