E2E on the air for WPX Cw coming. Part time H&P. Yes, only one dit either side of the TWO. CU, -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@con
Ask 4th grade teachers. They will tell u have to get 'em at abt 9 yrs of age now days. The appeal has to be their basic wants/needs which are -Strong desire to join an exclusive group -have a secret
When is high speed CW not speedy? Answer, when sending to me well beyond my SENDING SPEED of 20 WPM. I worked the whole contest at 20wpm sending and rcving (I can do that speed well and remember when
Guy running with the ball in Am. football calls out, Oh please do not tackle me. Guy running "his" frequency calls out, Move off MY freq. It is a CONTEST, and if I can use a good spot on the band and
Hello Fellow Competitors..... Limber up your rotors and see that they will, indeed, point to South East Asia and join in the SEANET Contest, beginning June 1 at 1200Z and stop June 2 at 1200Z. Summar
Yes, I am sick of "empty CQing" that is happening just to try to hold the freq. When will this begin to happen on several bands, maybe already" 73, Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW __________________________
I sure wish one of you smart guys would make a YouTube video and demonstrate how the various Sherwood specs sound in use. If there is one, let me know. I liked Bob Heil's hamfest demo where he used a
I really like the AA CW contest for my slower CW skills and doing H&P. I can do 20wpm, and with listening to a faster CQer call several times, can get the call. Then, hear his exchange to someone els
*Radio Costs Then (1958+) and Now (2013) all US Dollars* Johnson Viking Valiant: 1958, $430; today$3,500. Johnson Desk KW: 1,600; 13,000. WRL Globe King: 800; 6,500. Hallicrafters SX-101: 450; 3,600.
In the old days, the code or rule for telegraphers was COPY WHAT IS SENT. That included not changing msg text regardless of whatever the op may know outside of the text and includes the chance of his
I, too, do not care where an op's xmitter/rcvr is located. What I want us to avoid is the use of world-wide remote receivers while operating at any location. I know what the rules say. 73 -- Charly,
How to Relax and Enjoy Anyway... After going through all agonizing about how contesting is being ruined by skimmers and remotes and so on, I have decided to relax with my strategy. things... hand sen
No real news to most of us but maybe more striking in signal-poor South East Asia-- contests GET HAMS ON THE AIR. Then, no contests equals lots of artificially dead bands. Many times in week days, I
1. I will self spot anytime off a contest. See why. 2. If I am not spotted during a contest, I will get bored and lay off for hours; no help if you need me as a mult. See why. Today there is no known
I now have two years of good $ records of income and outgo for answering QSL cards direct and via buro for my Thailand call sign. The answer is I can account for $11.00 USD net cost to me per month.
Looking at my log check report, those NILs hurt because they are NOT MY MISTAKE but the other operators' and so many ops will not stay around to see if all of the exchange is correct. With that situa
Here is how I confirm a contest QSO on SSB and the simple exchanges contests... Me...... JA1xxx 59 26.... Him.... 59 25 .... Me... 25 HS0ZCW I repeat his zone number and my call sign instead of sayin
1. YOU made a mistake on your card or sent no SAE. 2. Your SAE arrived glued shut or with no nation name on adr. 3. Mail stolen. 4. One of thousands of mishaps struck, bad luck. Yes, there are some b
With all the super high power stations and stack antennas in the close confines of Europe, what I hear from far away is that the big power has really come back to mess up lots of otherwise good conta
Please engrave this message in your amplifier front panel: If the guy you are calling only gets a part of your call sign and info; REPEAT IT MORE THAN ONCE back to him and not so fast. A pile of guys