Some time ago, there was a thread here about contest QSL's. Today, I received a pack of QSL's from the W5 Incoming Bureau. Among the cards were two very nice cards from CN8WW. After the "TNX QSL(s)",
Bob, Here's what I found on http://www.sec.noaa.gov/wwire.html and scrolling down to the description of the 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table. -- 11. 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table SWXWEKOUT The
If rate is everything, then why would someone intentionally throw a curve to unwary participants by giving an incorrect and incomplete exchange? The rules say the exchange comprises the RS(T) and zo
Due to the increasing difficulty, cost, resources, and time computers are causing in amateur radio contesting, our club has determined there is a need to economize and simplify. Therefore, the goal i
Maybe it's just a matter of interpretation 100 watts IS high power in NAQP. Are people really/actually penalized or relegated to Check-log status if the indicate HP in NAQP? 73, Dale, kg5u _________
Even though it's too late to say this: Please disregard my above posting. I read the rules to refresh myself AFTER sending it. Submitting a log with HIGH as the category nets an automatic categoriza
I never submit my contest logs to LOTW until after the contest log submittal due date. As was said before, maybe W1AW/5 held off submitting to LOTW until AFTER the contest log submittal due date had
For the CA QSO Party, If a W6 is calling CQ, he's in CA If a W-not-6 is calling CQ, he's not in CA If a W-not-6 with a /6 appended to his call is calling CQ, he's in CA For all other QSO Party's, (ca
I would love to hear that. That is so funny. Can you say "Pavlov"? dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
Hi, Gerry Have you read the DXCC Rules? http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#si Take a look. There is no reference to cross-band contacts. Therefore, your contact should be good. If nothing els
calendar? Hi, David. I wrote a program in VB4 to import WA7BNM's text-formatted contest calendar into Outlook a few years ago. Sadly, I wrote it between harddrive backups and a crash took it away. I
You guys make it sound like it's a bad thing!!!! Not me. I just wish it lasted longer. No headphones, no equipment, no nothing...just kickback and enjoy it. 73 dale, kg5u ____________________________
Not in SS, but in ARRL DX and other contests, I and numerous others used XE2FU. Never heard anyone use the 'expected' phonetics. I also operated KB5FU mobile in Mississippi during the Texas Armadillo
Why is there a 160m band category (?) in SS CW/SSB? In looking over the 3830 band summary for 2005 SS CW, out of 423 submitted reports, there's only one station reporting making as many as 1 QSO on 1
I said, I'll operate Hi, Ed. That's pretty cool. I noticed there were a lot more QSO's made duirng SS SSB; nothing in the three-digit range, but at least something and most of it east of the Mississi
Don't be too sure about the robot's ability or facility to be trained, Pete. I asked ARRL why my log gets busted back occasionally when I type my club affiliation as something like: "Central Texas D
If you are looking for FD activity wherever in the US you may be, check the ARRL Affiliated Clubs website and do a zip code (or section or state) search for clubs. The hits you may see generally incl
blah, blah, blah...... Excuse me for this, but this is all getting so silly. This is turning into the Contest Inquisition. And nobody expects the Contest Inquisition. (I've been watching Monty Pytho
Thanks for the 'di-dit', Kelly (and everyone else who sent 'di-dit' to ack the report). A wouf hong across the brow to the two or three ops who left the QRG without so much as a 'dit' to ack my repo