Perhaps sending a copy of the UN issued license would resolve this. John KK9A To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com Subject: [CQ-Contest] 4U1WB disqualified in the 2017 CQ World-Wide WPX SSB Contest From: "M
I asked this question a year ago and here is what the CQWW RTTY director said: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2016-09/msg00223.html John KK9A Hello what will happen with statio
I believe that this violates CQWW General Rule IX 8 "All requests for contacts, responses to calls, and copying of call signs and contest exchanges must be accomplished during the contest period usin
For those that do not read the National Contest Journal, K5ZD has a 40 year streak of making 1000+ QSO's in SS CW. After operating with brutally slow rates yesterday, I would say that is quite impres
Six more hours, are you serious? This contest ends pretty late on the east coast, perhaps 24 hours (ending 2100z Sunday) with no off time would be OK. John KK9A One more rule change that might increa
How many QSOs did the winners have back in the early years of SS? John KK9A No. Next question? :-) Remember that when Sweeps got started (1930) almost all hams were east of the Mississippi. And there
Do you like SS CW and Pabst Blue Ribbon at the same time? Maybe that's the secret to a fun Sunday. John KK9A - W4AAA I like CW Sweepstakes. I like PBR, especially after a long hot day of yard work. I
Do people contest on 3.847 MHz? I think 3.747 MHz would have much less intentional QRM. John KK9A Get on the air Friday night and Saturday AM and test out your station, microphone, make audio adjustm
This conflicts with the answer that I received: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2016-09/msg00223.html The "what to log" question comes up all of the time. Sending improper infor
I think most contesters would be able to copy a callsign and exchange at 30-35 WPM, even if they had to listen to it a couple of times. So that seems like a good range. I think that the majority of s
N6MJ did say something about adding a third radio into the mix... http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2017-11/msg05512.html John KK9A The next step is to CQ on SEVERAL bands at once. I ex
It is interesting that Multi-Single is the highest scoring category. The top entries have higher scores and any of the Multi-Two and Multi-Multi stations. John KK9A I see the raw scores for CQ WW CW
I use Sony MDR-7506 for RTTY and CW contesting. These were recommended by K9YC. They are not noise cancelling but they are extremely comfortable and relatively inexpensive. John KK9A I'm interested i
I have experimented with two radios on the same band. I am curious, how you use the Op-Swapper? Do you have a separate RX antenna far away and just share the TX antenna or do you share the main anten
This is very sad news. Jim built an incredible station in Morocco where he set a number of WPX and WW contest records. RIP John KK9A I am heart broken to report the passing of my very close and good
I bought a Top Ten 1x6 to bring to WP2AA and it worked very well with their band decoder. I will probably bring it to PJ4 in a few months. Be aware if you run RTTY, this box has a 1000 watt limit. N3
Interesting post, Tom. From the youtube videos that I saw a year or so ago I thought that LDMOS were nearly indestructible. Transmitting into no antenna, a broken antenna or a wrong antenna will even
The Sony looks like it is a nice recorder. Does it create one huge 48 hour file or multiple smaller files? How do you locate a particular QSO or time frame if needed. John KK9A E And also this teeny
I use Writelog and this serial number issue is a common occurrence with that software also. Most contests do not care what the sequence is, just that the copied exchange matches what was sent. John K