Hey Mats, don't go subterranean just yet! possibly for some other non-NA, have been ?less interesting?. That is MY (our) problem - not a problem to the list as such Actually, I think we have pretty m
I like where this thread has gone and picked out a few of the bits I thought most thought-provoking. N3BB's earlier comments were of interest, as well. Perhaps I could add a couple of thoughts and m
Clearly, our game is going to become more connected and real-time. I see no reason, however, that this new world cannot co-exist with the traditional single operator categories (WRTC-like for instanc
Point of interest - I've given a talk a couple of times recently called "Contesting: Training for Public Service - The Radio Fitness Center". It specifically addresses the need for interesting and c
Since the various contest loggers send QSOs and other data across the network if configured as a multi-op, a third-party application could use the information to create a "spectator" display independ
Tell them to turn off the preamp and noise blanker, be sure AGC is set to SLOW, then turn the RF Gain down until the S meter shows about S5 or even higher. The band will sound tremendously cleaner a
The data managers mentioned a few days ago that they were "working on the results" but I have no idea whether that means "soon" or "at some point" but I know they have made some progress. It was prim
Ah - ED is a cut name. 73, Ward N0AX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
The rules and a current county activation map are online at http://w0ma.org/index.php/missouri-qso-party. It looks like most counties will be active and there will be lots of rovers and expeditions,
Come and get 'em! The full results are online at www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles. Enjoy a very nice and colorful writeup by Scott Davis, K5TA and Bruce Draper, AA5B. The results include Affilia
The Yasme Foundation is sponsoring a "Ham Radio 2.0 - Innovation and Discovery" area and the HamSCI (hamsci.org) booth at the Hamvention. As part of the festivities, we have a list of interesting pre
The new writeup author, Charlie Carroll K1XX, has finished the preliminary results for the 2018 ARRL DX CW contest. You can find the downloadable PDF at www.arrl.org/contest-results-articles. Charlie
I'm glad to let everybody know we have a new author for the ARRL 160 Contest writeup. Mark Beckwith N5OT has stepped into the ample shoes of outgoing author, Gary Breed K9AY whose writeups we enjoyed
Following my post about contest authors a couple of days ago, I was very pleased to have Phil Koch K3UA step up to take the job of writing up the June VHF contest results. Phil is a regular participa
If you had a good time blasting away in the NAQP CW and NAQP SSB contests, there is another NCJ contest coming up - the CW Sprint - on Saturday, Sep 8th, starting at 8 PM Eastern (0000 UTC Sep 9th) a
Sprinters, As we work to encourage new Sprinters, please try to not let the adrenaline get the better of you. First - before dumping your call in there - WAIT UNTIL THE EXCHANGE IS ACKNOWLEDGED. Yes,
Wanted - someone to record a CW Sprint on both audio and video for subsequent editing into a set of how-to (and probably how-not-to) examples of what CW Sprint sounds like with a reasonably competent
I got two volunteers right away - thank you everybody. Have fun on the bands! 73, Ward N0AX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://li
I heard a few stations with unfamiliar calls in this weekend's CW Sprint who sounded like they were giving it a try for the first time. I'm sure lots of others did, too. Why not make a good gesture a