Have you been to the website for the Florida QSO Party lately? The Florida Contest Group is pleased to announce that thanks to support of numerous individuals and clubs from both within and outside o
Less than a month 'til the Florida QSO Party! No, the FQP is not an ARRL DX a WPX or other "major" but it is about to become the next major QSO party... Why? Activity.... How come there's activity? B
In the spirit of the code of the olde west, N5KO states that: If the single op category is changed to 24 hours of on-time (with five off periods allowed), then west coast station N5KO *WILL DEFEAT* M
KR2Q brought up a really good point, since those interested in a 24 hour shootout are indeed excited about leveling the playing field, why wait for the rules to change, maybe it is not even needed! Q
Thanks in large part to help from members of the Florida Contest Club I am happy to report that it looks like we will definitely be able to activate all 67 counties of Florida in the upcoming Florida
I stand by "Nuthin, but nuthin will eliminate the advantage the East Coast has to EU." The advantage is in the distance, the propagation, the length of open propagation, when DX goes to other bands t
The TH7 uses the same boom to mast bracket as the 204BA ( think ).... That has a flat vertical plate which another aluminum plate that is bent into a "U" shape mates with, capturing the boom between
So, like, your supposed to leave the Crowne Plaza??????????????? Wow - that's right - when you recover from the night before (not) you use those honed contesting skills, including the ability to stay
Like usual....it is the last minute and yes, I will indeed go to Dayton...and yes, I do NOT have a room at the Crowne Plaza....if you know of someone who has an extra please let me know ASAP!!!!!! Th
.....let's tear up Field Day.......yea.....lets see...... Excuse me, Tom.... but this is the contest reflector, and Field Day is NOT a contest but an emergency preparedness exercise..........perhaps
W7EW further expounds on why he thinks the WPX was a better contest, and adds "But I want contesting to become stronger with more participants from all over" HEAH EVERYONE - These are the wisest word
CONTESTERS! County Hunters Fellow Amateur Radio Operators Lend us your ears...... With a week to go until the re-birth of the Florida QSO Party it is with pride that I announce to you that ALL 67 of
It is said if you give an "x" amount of monkeys typewriters with an indefinite period of time, all the great literary works will have been written. On the otherhand, if you give an infinite number of
To the Contest and flham FQP reflectors. With the addition of 1 point QSOs to the WPX, I hope that everyone who has been so vocal about making changes to the contests to make them better will indeed
Floridians will be out in force this weekend for the re-birth of the Florida QSO Party...full rules are at the website listed at the bottom of this message as well as all the major amateur publicatio
The following e-mail was just read....the Florida QSO Party log checker K1TO reports the good news that: Congrats to the persistent WA3HAE, although he will not get "the orange broom" for working all
With solely self motivated ends solely in mind I encourage anyone with any ideas on a different way to delineate club territory to chime in... For those new to my personal pet peeve, here goes (old t
"I propose that clubs in the medium and unlimited categories be allowed to define their club territory as including any and all members that are located within the same state as the club's address of
Dr B sez that: Finally anyone who buys me dinner at Dayton gets 3 points, buys me a drink 2 points, talks to me 1 point. So, if I talk to you on Thursday night, Friday Night, and Saturday Night at th
...after getting to the Dayton airport earlier than planned on Sunday, hoping that mebbe we could catch another flight, it was necessary for me to scramble to get to the gate. Thanks to some verbal e