I agree with Tonno, ES5TV. If you are serious about a top 10 score then you must CQ. When you are real busy with a pile up then S&P on SO2R is difficult. I would expect someone with a good signal cou
I know Bret VR2BG yold me its not effective but report all OTR receptions in the amateur bands to the ARRL Interference Desk. They do relay all reports along to the US State Dept. As a matter of fact
I asked on the Ten Tec reflector with no results so far: Has anyone converted one of the MFJ digital voice keyers or the older Nel-Tech DVK-100 for use with either Ten Tec transceiver. 73 Dave K4JRB
I agree with Eric K6VVA on the value contesters can bring to Emergencies. In the USA in years past you could jump into emergencies by loading up a van and driving into the area. No longer. Now you mu
Its about time the article "Working the CQ WW Contest" was re-written to incorporate the new classes, the proper and ONLY uses of Packet and Web spots plus the skimmer and chatrooms. The skimmer so f
I think DQ's should be at the first of the scores either in print or on the web. I also thought if an operator was switched from Single Operator to Assisted that station was to be DQed. I would like
Matthias Bjerrang, LA5NM/JW5NM became a SK on Oct 11, 2009. This is reported on the ARRL Web page. He was just active as JW5X in the SAC CW and SSB Contests. Mat consistently gave Contesters and Dxer
KY1V is correct about Europe being a set of mults that can be worked for points compared to USA zero pointers. In addition, if you look at the spot webs Europe is working Asia and South America when
KR2Q makes the recommendation that we all switch to USB on 40. I second that as the only reason why LSB is back years ago it was LSB below 9 mhz and USB above. I still don't think that transmitting o
I am always for leading edge and young rookies are ready for this type of contest. Old timers with older rigs also like to work contests and are realizing that logging programs are far better than ha
Dupes in any contest occur for many reasons. On 40 SSB using split if you made at least 20 QSOs and had a decent signal you got at least one "worked before". This is because so many listen the same o
NQ4I was M/M in the WPX as always. The list of operators is impressive! 73 Dave K4JRB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.co
I see no reason to ban the use of code readers which usually only code keyboard code correctly. The hams that still use bugs will be hard copy. If this is banned why not ban working packet spots by a
I am not thrilled with this Tri-band and wires category. I know some have entered that have a wire beam on 40. Plus why would a single band entry be different from a normal Single Bnad entry? I have
The real question is whether the Log checking program can properly check the logs submitted by HQ stations. The answer is YES. I spent 25 years on the CQ 160 Contests helping to develop the log check
dave Sumner, K1ZZ announced the top 3 for the 2010 WRTC: Gold 1st Place R32F RW1AC and RA1AIP Silver 2nd place R33A ES5TV and ES2RR Bronze 3rd place R33M N6MJ and KL9A Dave K4JRB ____________________
The reverse beacon network only records the stations CW strengths. A good part of any teams score is made on SSB. Only part of the story is told unless there is some method to measure the SSB signals
In 1994 I recorded both sides of nearly 24 hours of operation (921 QSOs) in the CQ WW 160 SSB on a long playing recorder made by Viking that was advertised in several radio magazines. They had 12, 24
Yes, Yaesu no longer has parts for the FT-1000 and 1000D. Only service now from independent service types. Even the FT-1000MP is no longer serviced by Yaesu. If you can't troubleshoot the rig then it
I think the real reason that ARRL ended the CD parties is that ARRL deemed the Communications Department to be obsolete. If you are a QCWA member just read the memories of George Hart W1NJM, the last