I am just finishing the log checking for the WPX CW contest and wanted to share some observations that may be helpful for WW CW this coming weekend. Beware of calls with lots of dots! Missing a singl
Even the simplest call can be mangled in many different ways. Just for fun, here are all of the variations for LY7A from WPX CW 2009. DY7A IY7A LX7A LY1A LY27A LY2A LY3A LY5A LY6A LY7AL LY7BA LY7DA L
I will again be streaming live audio from my station during the CQ WW CW contest this coming weekend. I will be single op all band so there should be something going on most hours. Just took delivery
I want to thank everyone who took the time to respond to the announcement of the preliminary rules for the 2010 WPX Contest. Just as with the online survey in August, the review period is part of a c
The 2010 WPX Rules have been published to the web site. http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm I am looking for help in translating the rules to as many languages as possible. I am most eager to have the rul
While not exactly what you are suggesting, the WPX Contest has a ROOKIE category that is for anyone who has been licensed less than 3 years. It is quite popular on SSB and gets less entries on CW. Ju
The January 2010 CQ Magazine containing the WPX SSB results is in the mail. Keep an eye on the mailbox for yours! Will be another 30 days before the results are posted to the web site. Log checking r
I recall this contest and the flare as well. I was operating SOAB from my home station. The bands seemed to go dead and then slowly recover. This is difficult to process when you have already been aw
I always thought people were either Phone ops or CW ops. I.e., they favored one or the other based on their interests or skills and that was that. But, is that really true? Could there be other facto
For WPX I take a slightly different approach. **IF** I can identify which band the QSO was made on, I will make a correction so the QSO counts. After all, a QSO was made and I see no reason to punish
Just got around to reading through January CQ Magazine (I read the WPX results immediately, but took until now to read the rest of it). :) The VHF Plus column by N6CL has a great collection of though
The rules for the CQ WPX Contest are now available in 12 languages! See http://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm Thanks to the following people for their help with the translations: French F6BEE Spanish EA4KD
Each volunteer received a set of image files with magazine page scans (some better than others) and instructions. I would estimate it took each volunteer about 12-18 hours of hard work to accomplish
Correction: My original email left off the first two volunteers - KQ2M and NN3W. My apologies to both of them! Each volunteer received a set of image files with magazine page scans (some better than
The results for the WPX SSB Contest 2009 are now available on the Web site at http://www.cqwpx.com/results.htm. Results include pdf files of the CQ Magazine writeup as well as a fully searchable onli
To All Contesters and Contest Logging Software Developers: The Cabrillo log format has become the accepted standard for submission of electronic contest logs. The Cabrillo format describes a set of t
Change is always hard, but we have to start somewhere. :) The new tags are optional. If you have a text editor such as Windows Notepad, you can edit your file to include them. So no logging software
Can someone tell me what the cut number J is supposed to represent? Guys keep sending 5nnjtt and I can't decide if they mean 100 or 200! Randy, K5ZD _______________________________________________ CQ
Thanks Bob. Not sure I agree with your assertion of being assisted just because a general question was asked. Seems a bit extreme and silly! I feel no guilt since I didn't read any of the responses u
Have you ever wondered what the record score is for your country in the WPX Contest? Or for your call area? Or the Rookie overlay category on 10 meters? Or the multi-single category for Kazahkstan? R