Stu's proposed change to CQ WPX rules would appear to eliminate the use of Club calls in WPX Contests. I am pretty sure that is not what was intended, but this factor needs to be considered if any ch
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:06:17 -0400
Looking forward to Easter Sunday? Are you already contemplating gorging yourself on some Easter ham, turkey, kielbasa, Easter eggs and other delectable goodies? Well, then you need something to help
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:16:09 -0400
The best advice I ever got was don't go to bed. Nap at the radio if you must. This was from N6AA at a forum at the ARRL National Convention in Houston in 1983. Since then, during single op CQ WW CW C
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 08:05:51 -0400
Yes, Mal. There was a lot of activity on 15 M in 7QP. It opened rather late here, but it was wide open. I made 12 QSOs on 15 CW and 5 on 15 SSB. Nothing heard here on 10 though. Can anyone tell me ho
Hello all: Thanks for excellent participation in the 2006 Georgis QSO Party, April 8 and 9. Today is the deadline for log submissions. Please submit your logs electronically to gqp@iham.us by midnigh
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 23:22:03 -0400
If you haven't been to FDIM and Hamvention; and need a little QRP or Amateur Radio "fix", then this event is for you! If you were lucky enough to attend; then what the hey! Stay awake for a few hours
Hello all: Thanks to the efforts of NE4S and others, the results of the 2006 Georgia QSO Party have now been posted on the Georgia QSO Party website, just two weeks after the log submission deadline.
Paul: I recommend the AL811H over the SB220. The ability to use it on 160 meters makes all the difference. My SB220 (with an external fan added) runs too hot on 10 meters in a contest and will shut d
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:55:01 -0400
That's strange. They told us June 20 at 8 AM. 73, John, K4BAI. _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
While the discussion about filters is fresh in memory, let me add a word of caution on using Dunestar filters on 75 meters SSB. Hal, N4GG, is an expert on this subject and advised me not to use the s
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:52:01 -0400
Hopefully, Dad will have had a good day on Sunday. Good food, good company and the love and closeness of family making the day perfect. But wait! There's one more thing needed to make the day REALLY
Author: "John T. Laney III" <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:16:34 -0400
Roger: I was fooled about the band change rule this year. There is no longer a band change minimum in the FD rules. I think it disappeared last year. 73, John, K4BAI. ________________________________
I should probably know more of the changed calls from then, but I seem to recall that K4GSU is now N4AR (heard as N4AR/8 yesterday), W1DGL is W1XX, W4OZF is N4BP, W5MYA is a SK, and I worked K6VNX la
Hello all: Following the example of N0AX as relayed in a message from K7SS, I contacted our local Columbus, GA newspaper about a week before WRTC 2006 in Brazil. A reported visited with me in my offi
Still SO1R here Thursday night. The MP that went to PW5Y is still in the shipping case, hi. If I had Jim's total QSO's, I'd want to report it somewhere too. Great going, Jim. I was ahead of you at th
I think that Pete's statement about human review is correct as applied to CQ Magazine contests. I think it is not accurate as to ARRL sponsored contests. As I understand it from those involved, the A
I doubt it would be observed. Note that 10-10 contests on 10 meters require that no contest activity be between 28490 and 28510, but there are nearly always stations CQing for the contest in that ran
Author: Larry Makoski W2LJ <Makos327@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 17:50:27 -0400
This Tuesday evening (Wednesday morning UTC time) will be the NAQCC Sprint for August. This month, the Sprint will be held on 80, 40 and 20 meters. Two special certificates will be handed out this mo
I think that the concern here is that someone who didn't even get on the air and call can review a log and find a call that is very similar to his own (K4BI, or K4BAM, or K4BIA, or K5BAI, for example
I doubt that statistics on logging accuracy over the past few years would suggest anything about people's ability to zero beat and therefore make QSOs. I have often worked people who are much more th