I have no interest and I doubt such a thing would be legal. John KK9A Would anyone be interested in a contest that you had to pay a $20 entry fee? I am still working on the rules. 1-10 place would ge
Many of us like to write a story about our operation with our 3830 post, especially if it is an expedition. I am certainly not going to do this within an hour of a 48 hour contest. There is more to 3
This reminds me of the awesome K2GL "To win the world" video. It would be great if this was on youtube or somehow available. I would love to see it again. John KK9A 73, Dave K3ZJ ____________________
I do not collect Sweepstakes mugs but I thought that were sent out after you pay for them and send a copy of your clean sweep claimed score. If a multiplier QSO was removed in log checking you still
This is a complicated issue. According to the Sweepstakes rules: "6.1. Work each station only once, regardless of the frequency band." I do not know how the ARRL defines "Station". Are multiple opera
If the towers are being used for spraying in different directions there is no need to equal length coax. John KK9A I'm in the process of putting up a second tower which will have stacked tribanders.
I have used prefills for the last two years in Sweepstakes and it is a dangerous tool. It saves typing however it is easy to become careless, especially when also tuning a second radio. I am not sure
This is already being done. Five is a pretty quick on CW so most use it but there are few stations sending the cut number "E" instead. John KK9A To: n1ix@n1ix.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Why send 5
I am not sure how close his callsign was to the one you logged, but logging mistakes are common. You could check QRZ.com to see if your logged call is active or valid. What is strange is that that he
There are a lot of contesters on the towertalk reflector. John KK9A Perhaps I should've really posted this to TOWERTALK, but I am contest oriented and that's the guys I probably want to hear from tha
The TIC manual is very vague and would likely not be much help. There are numerous variations of 1032 rotators and often replacement parts are not available. I have had to machine new gears for some
Sending magazine issues out months late or sometimes not at all probably has not helped with their circulation totals. John KK9A How many of us would be CQ Magazine subscribers if it weren't for the
This subject came up as a result of the CQWW Survey. Question 10 states: "A unique callsign is one that is reported only by one station. Most unique calls are copying errors. Should all QSOs with uni
On 80m my Dunestar 600 filters have high SWR higher in the band. I never go above 3.85 MHz so it is not an issue for me. My 20m and 40m beams are close together and in one case they share the same bo
Are there plaques for last place? John KK9A The rules of the CQ WPX Contest state clearly that "C. Logs submitted or postmarked after the deadline may be listed in the results, but are not eligible f
Are logs submitted after the deadline (and shown in the results) listed in the WPX records database? John KK9A The rules of the CQ WPX Contest state clearly that "C. Logs submitted or postmarked afte
If you mean four a minute consistent over the entire 48 hour contest, no one has ever done this. It is pretty easy to average four a minute over a number of hours. Some stations are running on two ba
I work the /QRP guys, but I refuse to say or send that add-on suffix. Often they "correct" their callsign adding the /QRP. With QRM and QSB they have a better chance of making contact by only sending
Disconnecting the cables helps, but it is not enough to protect your electronics from a direct hit and it is impossible to do with a remote station. Lightning energy from a strike will be induced int
I have operated from Aruba many times and I recall only once being the only active station in a major contest. There are advantages and disadvantages to any location. For most of us it will always se