Hi Wes et al: We already do have "Rookie Roundup" which I think tends to have horrible turnout. I don't think any contest per se is an answer, *but* you are already halfway towards the solution by wh
Hey all: As I see this discussion flow, my Project Management thoughts come into play (Ive done a lot of it in the IT world) .. You try to break things down into actionable items and prioritize. Thes
I'll be in it ...Unfortunately it will have to be from the home QTH, with poor antennas for 40M and up, but will do what I can. 73 Steve --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounc
Other thought I am having here. I'm not going to make it to Dayton next year, will be in 4X land - (though Wigi, KL0R will be representing NPCG and fulfilling the KL7RA role of chaperoning K9PG :) so
Wes: Remember where you are. You are 40M or so distant from the near large (by our standards) population center, and as you (and I) stated, the Club in that population center is running on fumes. Hav
Hi All: MK2R+ at home, YCCC SO2R box at KL7RA. Personally, I prefer the Microham device. More complex to set up, but, to me, having the built in sound card makes it worth it. It's not cheap. The YCCC
Hey all: First time in this contest ..just realized I've been sending the wrong exchange!! AK is DX for this one. I've been sending the serial number instead of the zone. I assume most knew that
Hi Andy et al: It was fun, but conditions were frustrating. Operating from KL7 means fighting Absorption and a A Index well in the double digits, and a K above 3 means the Absorption wins. I can only
Several people worked me a second time, after I had posted that (speaking of ..."Would that count as assisted"). If possible, that's probably the safest way. 73 Steve KL7SB This is another case of sh
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Hi Mike: Ethically, it is an easy call. Technically, this was our first contest using Skimmer and I'm sure we'll get more sophisticated about filtering, but in the meantime, I noticed that the Skimme
I think it would be simpler than that .. There should be a high standard for a DQ ..something close to "Guilty Beyond a reasonable doubt." Log padding is easily discernable as UT5UGR found out ..and
I wonder if anyone has ever tried emailing him. I've never had any problems working him (he's one of these guys who will call into any pileup), however, I usually hit the dx cluster with a correct ca
This reminded me of something else ... There is a LOT of activity these days from YV ..more and more it seems as things there get worse. I wonder whats up with that? 73 Steve KL7SB Just wondering...
In contesting and baseball, I'm waaaaay conservative, but ..I gotta give a big thumbs up to this one. I was on for CQWW 160M SSB. As you can imagine, 160M Phone is a tough one from KL7, so wasn't exp
Hi Irwin: Not exactly the Caribbean, but ...PZ5RA has a rental station in Suriname, that has had a number of wins. I know he prefers groups rather than Single Ops for the big contests. Email him at h
I hearby nominate Kelly VE4XT to be absolute dictator over the entire contest realm, the only judge at WRTC, and while we're at it ...President of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Make contesting great
That is true of course, but we do seem to improve our scores at KL7RA when we sacrifice a goat. Don't see anything in the rules against that. 73 Steve KL7SB Primarly it is who has the best location a
I'll throw this out there ... 80M and 160M antennas! Most of us probably know the theory, but I want to know what has actually worked and hasn't ..and ..why Competitively, at this point in the cycle,