One of the many skills that are essential to do well in the sprint is being able to quickly figure out what is going on when you tune into a frequency - and reacting to it without thinking. This is a
If only that were true. What if you start a QSO and hand out a number, but then you don't complete the QSO - and in the meantime another station makes a QSO with the next number. Okay - what if 3 st
I have often wondered if anyone really "owns" a frequency when they are not engaged in a QSO. In the case of a propagation change - and if someone is actually in a QSO - then it would seem they would
If the QSO shows up in both logs at some point - there can't be any NIL deductions. Essentially what the software has to do is count the first "QSO" as the dupe. Some people - like N6RO - have gotte
I know many people enjoyed watching the Super Bowl last weekend. This weekend, there is another intense competition scheduled, and unlike the Super Bowl, you are welcome to be part of the game instea
I am really surprised anyone in the top ten is doing this. Once or twice in the contest - I have this happen where someone doesn't send me a QSL. Depending on how I feel, I might take the QSO out. It
will likely be 3 major events all taking place at the same time - and the band will be very crowded. The three activities are the RTTY contest - the CW Sprint and the 3Y0PI pileup (or whomever it is
Last night - at 0055 UTC, W1AW was over S9 here in Oregon on 20 meters. The band might be that good tonight. Also, I understand that the 3Y0X operation is going to focus on SSB during the weekend (du
The log submission deadline for the CW Sprint is 7 days after the contest. However, we agreed to allow the J7 log to come in a few days late since they weren't sure they could send it until they got
The February 2006 CW Sprint results are now posted here: http://www.kkn.net/~tree/cwsprint-200602-results.txt 73 Tree N6TR tree@kkn.net _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
Wow - that's a big increase. I worked the ARRL DX SSB contest from India since I am here on a business trip. I had zero answers to any of the CQs I called (didn't really expect any) and was limited
I think NQ4I is probably telling the truth. I know I made over 1000 QSOs in the SS CW without being spotted. Think it was back in 1977. Tree _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
AH8DX asks: The ARRL DX contest is VERY BORING the second night from about midnight until sunrise (assuming you are located south of the USA). I think it is perfectly normal to find it hard to stay a
No - I was serious. However - 379 QSOs is certainly nothing to sneeze at. And - it would appear that there indeed was some competition: 8P9PA(W4PA) 5268 336 45 5,304,096 TCG P40W(W2GD) 4900 341 40 5,
Many HF radios come with six meters included. However, not everyone that has one of these will have a six meter antenna. During this time of year - we have sporadic E skip openings that often do not
With WRTC coming soon - and due to some very messy news from Varig - our USA entrant who is under 25 has some difficuly decisions to make about getting a second ticket to Brazil. If possible - you ca
If you would like a hard copy - exactly like the ones handed out in Brasil, you can download and print this: http://www.kkn.net/~tree/WRTC_results.xls 73 Tree N6TR Boring, OR ________________________
There seems to be some confusion about what was actually done. By working 23 other stations, you have established yourself as not unique - even though you work only one WRTC station. When we identifi
1. Activity is a good thing to encourage. Many of the HQ stations encourage their own countrymen to "wave the flag" and work them. It would be nice however if they weren't so focused on winning - but