This lack of activity from Africa has been around for a long time. QST ran a picture of a ham looking at a map of the world and Africa was missing. I think this was from the Mid 1960's. The caption r
No matter what the station sent its the power classification he entered. If he was running 1500W and entered the low power classification then he should be disqualified. The station Herb mentioned ha
What a shock. I remember Mark as WA4SVO and his Dad W4PZV. He was very active in the CQ 160 Contests. He will be missed and my family will be praying for his family in their time of sorrow. Dave K4JR
Plus the May issue has gone to print. Sunscribers should get their copy in the next 2 weeks. Dave K4JRB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.c
All of the reasons given so far really only apply to recent years say 1990 and later. I remember calling CQ for hours on phone in 1962-3 with no replies. There were much fewer contesters back then as
This is bad news for every CQ Contest Director and for all contestants who like to see their score in the right place and correct. I had helped Don N4IN(SK) with the CQ 160 Contests for almost 6 year
I wonder if this ham gets a commission from Elecraft? Maybe the K3's he has needs a better front end so they are not overloaded by nearby hams. Maybe W7DRA and I need to get on using Heath DX-100's.
UB5K is a proper call sign for Ukraine according the ITU call sign block. I do not understand how UB5K would not count. If CQ is not going to count this then every Ukraine entry would not count. The
Years ago you could use any check in the ARRL SS BUT you had to stay with it the entire contest. I agree if you enter with a different check the next year that the auto fill would cause all sorts of
I nade two serioud attempts at QRP operating. In 1978 I ran the CQ WW SSB and did add/qrp and found that this caused far too much problem. In 1984 I won the USA Plaque for QRP in the ARRL SSB. My sco
Uniques were found to be busts, real uniques, or unverified QSOs in checking logs for the CQ 160 Contests. On 160 there are few acual uniques as most stations found once they could make a contact the
Wait, a VE3 counts for points by a W/K. He is wrong. The contester needs to read the rules again. Dave K4JRB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contest
Bill, I feel being nice cuts the score. I also object to Field Day stations telling me I am (you are) 3A GA. I am 1D GA usually. Please copy is heard often there also. I like the OH2BH technique of s
The most popular inverter generators are only 2K watts. I remember when a club I belonged to ran 3A on the ARRL Field Day we needed a big generator to run everything. One of the hams had a 10KW 1,2,
Most contesters turn on their shiny (many $$$) transceivers put it in CW mode and go to it. I feel the manufacturers should make sure the rig does not click and should have instructions in the manual
This is the second discussion of key clicks on the cq-contest reflector and again Elecraft is being supported as the only transceiver clean enough to be entered in contests. I find it hard to believe
I agree with several reports that it took several years for amateur radio and amateur radio contesting to catch up with the computer revolution. I bought my first CAT YAESU in 1983 but it only suppor
Bill Leonard W2SKE (SK) wrote an article for Sports Illustrated in 1958 about operating multi multi at K2GL. I have a printed copy. I seem to recall it may be on the K8CX web site. If there is an art
Milt was an outstanding 160 meter operator. I first ran into him when KB5UL talked him into the CQ 160 Contest in the early 1990's. Milt got on and worked so many be beat out UL for New Mexico High S
Charley, K4VUD, HS0ZCW pleas for printed scores to appear again in QST. CQ is doing an experiment of printing them again. Thank Rich W2VU and Dick Ross, K2MGA for that. I tried for several years to c