Interesting observation, Bob... For years now I have been using assorted nicknames in the NAQP and NAS contests...it is interesting to see what comes back, with the advent of TR log a new breed has c
Nope.... Not the issue.... If you are one set of gray cells and you are attacking a contest within the restrictions of your license and you are abiding by the rules and spirit of the contest -AND- yo
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" believe the correct answer is not more *categories* but more *information* in the writeups" ..........when he is right he is right! Unfortunately demands on magazine space by competing elements wit
"I'd like someone to tell me one advantage of contesting from the west coast." K4OJ predicts: ...the worlds largest country is learning about technology, and someday it will be home to a very VERY la
Several thoughts...on need for new software being a necessity.... Something I do not know enough about but that keeps resurfacing over and over again is the inavailability of IRQs on the newer machin
"The problem is that we are still working Texas no matter what band we're on! All east coasters should refuse to work more than 1 Texan...then THEY'LL be buying the Lone Star :) ...dunno about up in
The Florida Contest Group, the first contest club organized in the state of Florida will be meeting this weekend in Miami and next weekend in Orlando. This week's meeting will be in conjunction with
"Snoop" N0AX as in Doggy Dawg? ..................my name is Ward and I wanna do a test ...................our teams the HipHops and we gonna beat the rest .....................if you don't work us yo
Ted Kazinski is my new qsl manager, enjoy your qsl card. I am sure we will get a bang out of it, by the way...he has a nice shack, portable, too! k4oj@ij.net -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesti
Being in Florida I always seem to get my QST very late -- so I've not see it yet ... but ... I do like the idea of increasing Tech Plus privledges not Novice. I think the exposure to contesting espec
This is a very VERY long message Okay....you wanna run a multi-op and make a bunch of points for your club, try and introduce any newcomers who are inerested into the fun of contesting....but you fin
For the if we only knew when category.... Imagine this.... IF the wall about to constructed for your shack is like those here in South Florida (concrete block) AND IF you have the foresight to plan a
...it is a shame that there were so many hard feelings amongst the KH6 gang re Bill's operations, he did VERY well back in the days of spark....i MEAN THE SEVENTIES....alas, he could really roll fer
indeed 'SIL was concise and quick....but Nose was sly and cunning....his technique off insighting a frenzy by not "hearing" guys calling him was inspired - this was well before packet or even 2 meter
KC5AJX.....if your callsign is not catching the operators attention with the Kilo Charlie Five part what makes you think the other part of your call is better at doing it? It is not rate fanaticism..
I enjoyed the ton of spots I saw in the ARRL DX but was appalled at some of what I saw spotted....callsigns which were obviously broken....some of them posted by stations which I would have thought w
I've got a 2x2 call and its not the shortest on phone (but does nice on CW though I'm a semi-lousy CW op) so I know what KC5AJX is going through! I was KD4VMD at one time and that was tough but not
Rick, For what it is worth I received a lot of e-mail telling me my response to you was a lil harsh....they assumed you were a kid, and I assumed that since you were subscribing to CQ-Contest you wer
Well, it's apparent that it is VERY common for the big boys not to log same-country QSOs. what is the BFD.... just work em and move on guys...simple, its not like the olde days where we had to sweat