I begin such a nite with an ordinary CQ resulting in an ordinary QSO including exchanging QTH/name; then as the pileup grows over the following 10-15 minutes, cut out the extraneous chatter until we'
I worked quite a few of my 80m multipliers while CQing. It seemed that when their own rates dropped, they went S&Ping for the strongest, easiest-to-work, whether those were EU or NA or SA. I was even
discussions with some fellow NS'ers, I don't understand why the following is such a difficult concept (which if practiced, could bring more NS Contesting Joy to all): turning your VFO dials from x.04
All my efforts at finding a working e-mail addy for KG6B, Bob Hume, have come to naught. Yet, I've both heard him chasing DX on the higher bands, and seen evidence via recent web publications that he
I can attest that it's heartfelt and genuine, although I've only been up there once. He's even added the basic capabilities for the V/UHF contests, and will do more if somebody ever really wants him
Not to change the subject TOO much; but this really got to me: Personally, I positively, absolutely HATE "forums". I belong to as few as possible and hardly ever frequent the few to which I belong. A
WARNING: This reply has only peripheral on-topic content; so delete now if you're only interested in contest-talk ;o)))))))))))))) I don't even watch TV. In fact, if I were single (the wife watches T
Some of us still aren't entirely proficient at entering callsigns for a dupe check the first time without a typo and so the logger "dupe-check" transmission-prevention feature doesn't catch our error
N8S! 100,000 Qs from N8S vs. something like 20,000 (IIRC) for BS7H; I'd expect N8S to be somewhat slower. Even if they only send out 20,000 cards, that's a substantial expense, too, at around a nickl
Actually, the Slow Speed NS is only 15 minutes, from 0200 to 0215Z. We usually call "CQ SNS" to differentiate with the normal-speed NS. So you have a 15 minute break before the "normal" NS. The whole
That's exactly what I used to do when I lived in SoCal. Only had one beam for the HF bands but built a power splitter using coax and selectively fed a vertical or dipole with it. Had three Dow Key re
It would be far better and easier for all concerned if the rattiers simply stayed up the band as they used to. This would be easy for the ratty contest sponsors to control: simply list subband limits
I certainly do not remember, in the 42 years I've been contesting, EVER consistently hearing, throughout a weekend, ratty below 7035, let alone all the way down into the Extra class CW band. NEVER. I
Never had time to get on 40 for the TQP but was driving home from Vermont Friday nite, trying to find a spot to have a QSO that was NOT in the "DX" part of the CW band. Rattiers kept dropping down an
Most major contest rules that say anything at all about it, state that a rig cannot be used under another callsign to make contest Qs unless it's a family station. In those contests, you would have t
Shall we call it the "solar winter"???? 8-(((((((( Oboy...... imagine how many folks will wind up with DXCC on 160, 80 and 40..... Steve, K0XP _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
Well, then: I'll claim my 1966-vintage tan-base Vibroplex paddle "takes a beating and keeps on beeping!" 8-) Seriously: the only damage mine has ever incurred was at Field Day with the Olathe club (K
Although the results of the 2007 GACW are claimed to be available at http://gacw.no-ip.org/07results.pdf, no such file exists (nor its htm equivalent). Perhaps someone typoed the file name or didn't
That would be just about exactly like the olden days of 2m voice-based spotting nets, since then replaced by packet spotting nets. The only real difference is when you called out a spot on a spotting
Actually, this being contest season and the guys owning INRAD these days being contesters (or at least one of them is, or was, last year), there may well be a delay of a few days. I encountered such