Only 731 logs were submitted? I thought FTx was the hottest mode these days. John KK9A Final results are on the website: https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/2022-results/ Thanks to all who part
After reading the RU rules it appears that you can now spot? This wording was not in the 2022 Sweepstakes rules. HCAT.2. Single Operator Unlimited (SOU) HCAT.2.2. Only one transmitted signal is permi
An 80m dipole is a poor antenna on 20m and 40m so you were probably just not loud enough when CQing to be noticed and keep the frequency clear. John KK9A Hi, sorry for late post, but originally poste
You mentioned in your post going on EZNEC. You definitely should model your 80m dipole for all of bands that you use it on. I think you'll find that on 10m it has a high impedance and a number of ver
There are still a few older records still showing on the ARRL DX Contest site but most record scores are from 2022. This has to be an error, Bob! It would be great if you could see all scores over th
Since no DX contest gives points for same country QSO's, I too doubt that going home to work the multi that you previously operated from would effect the results. John KK9A When I was a W3LPL op in t
Until 1999 WPX also gave zero points for same country QSOs however the multipliers counted. John KK9A In most cases it wouldn't, except for in contests like WPX. However, the difference in score woul
Very sad news from Aruba. Ben, DL6RAI was working on a tower at his P49V home this morning when the tower buckled and folded down with Ben attached. He died from his injuries. RIP Ben. John KK9A - P4
DL6RAI's ashes will be spread out in the Caribbean sea. R.I.P. Ben! The corroded towers and antennas at P49V are currently being safely taken down using a lift. John KK9A Ben's wife Luise, DL2MLU, as
Assuming that the data being looked up is the station's state, the QRZ FCC callsign database is not 100% correct. Contesters borrow callsigns, guest op or use stations that are not at their FCC maili
This may be a great time to upgrade your transceiver but also you should review your lightning protection system. A nearby lightning strike induces a lot of voltage into your home's wiring so just di
According to I4UFH the automatic WRTC spot generator sends only ONE spot after a band or mode change and three logged QSO. So if a SSB station stays on a frequency for an hour, only one automatic spo
N2NC operated from N2NT's station and used Andy's callsign. The WRTC team callsigns were announced on this list and also on the WRTC website prior to the contest. http://lists.contesting.com/pipermai
According to the K3 manual it is possible to check other bands using the second receiver: If the two receivers are sharing the main antenna path, putting the sub receiver on a higher-frequency band t
Be thankful that after June 11 2022 a negative COVID test for flying into the United States was no longer required. This made international travel much less stressful. Hopefully everyone is now home
Interesting data, Win-Test really dropped and DXLog quickly climbed into second place. I may have to move on from Writelog one of these days. Is there data on what transceivers were used? John KK9A B
Moving sites at the last moment definitely made things difficult but I do not think anyone is criticizing WRTC 2022 Italy. It is just there has been a lot of silence about the event until K5ZD's inte
I have no experience with the YCCC box but I am wondering what mode you are considering doing this on. There appears to be only one USB port so probably only one computer can be used per box. You cou
I have used a SixPak controlled by Top Ten band decoders for decades. Unfortunately DX Engineering acquired Top Ten Devices and it appears that they discontinued the product. Since I have more than o
That is a significant difference between relay boxes but I am wondering how much this matters for the average station? There are a plethora of things that can contribute to interstation interference.