How about the CQMM contest, where the exchange is the continent? I like that contest, but there is nothing to copy in the exchange that the call doesn't give you. 73 John AF5CC ______________________
It appears that for the ARRL contest, and maybe for CQ contest, 150 watts is the break point between high and low power. Does anyone know why that limit was set? It would seem that changing it to 200
Thanks for all of the clarifications about this rule, and it does seem to be rather unique to the ARRL as the lower power limit for CQ contests is 100 watts. I am sure someone has entered low power r
Don't feel bad, you worked more HS stations than I did. 73 John AF5CC SE Asia Challenged _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists
Art, I was a little confused by that at first too. I have run the IARU contest for many years and thought that I hadn't heard AA as a IARU official designation before, so finally guessed that it stoo
"No top operator in any contest is unassisted! The moment you get spotted by any skimmer or other Ham you get assistance!" The top operators in the North American Sprint are by your definition still
Also, is there anything about either rig that makes you prefer it over the other-like ergonomics or features? 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ Yaesu mailing list Yaesu@co
And don't forget with the Yaesu FTDX9000 series you can run full duplex-transmit on one band while listening on another at the same time. You would still be single op-1 radio, though, because it is o
A much bigger difference in scores instead of SO1R vs SO2R would be directional antennas vs non-directional antennas. No contest has this broken down into separate categories. The CQWPX does have the
We could make annual income a multiplier for your final score. The less you make, the more you get to multiply your score by. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list C
The Yaesu FTDX5000 did pretty good in Sherwood's receiver tests. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
Should we be getting aurora at lower latitudes from this flare? I guess I had better run out and get the new 2 meter beam up. 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
I remember WD0BQG. He had great phonetics: Wild Drake 0 Beats Quacking Ganders _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
Every so often the CQWW CW does not fall on Thanksgiving weekend, which is really nice. I can't remember what has to happen datewise to break the 2 apart, but I do think it occurs every 6 years or so
Actually, this will occur in 2019. It happens whenever November starts on a Friday. Thanksgiving will be November 28, but the CQWW contest will be November 23-24. ____________________________________
Some parts of Europe (like SV for example) are also very close to 2 other continents, so the ease of working high point QSOs is greater as well, especially on the low bands. _________________________
Some stations, like those in the US, can get the zone multipliers by working other countries. I can get zones 3, 4 and 5 by working Canada. I don't have to work a station in my country to get them, s
It is interesting that in the ARRL DX contest, US stations cannot work Canada which is a separate country from the US, but we can work Alaska and Hawaii, which are both part of the US. Not exactly a
I did some searching through the previous posts and found very little mention of the Yaesu FTDX3000 on the reflector. I also see little mention of it other places as a contest radio. Now I do see the
It does seem like a nice rig with the bandscope, a 300hz roofing filter, and the ability to hook another radio to it to do true dual receive. The 590SG will do the dual receive also, but not the 590S