Your non-existant friend would be violating the rules. The 1500W PEP is measured at the transmitter, not at the far end of the feed line. The language is quite clear. "§97.313 Transmitter power
I agree absolutely! I am more than a little convinced that the salvation of the "inventive" side of amateur radio ("advancing the state of the radio art" and all that stuff) will be the competitive e
Seen at ARRL web site: "Wilbur E. "Bip" Bachman, W6BIP, SK: Well-known San Francisco-area amateur and contester Wilbur E. "Bip" Bachman died of heart failure February 2 at his home. He was 88." He ga
The invitations to participate in this competition were issued to individuals (teams) which have demonstrated world-class skills in radiosport. To imply that some are "slower, less engergetic and les
If I show up 200Hz away from you, maybe I don't want your QRG -- maybe I just have better filters than you do. :-) Hans -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative req
Nope, it didn't die. I won. My score, because of penalties assigned during the log checking, was reduced to (negative) 5412 contacts, and (negative) 531 mults. -5412 x -531 = 2,873,772 points. 73, Ha
One of the local lads (who has a score well over 2,500,000) ran his log through an older version of CT without the "1 point" rule invoked. His score dropped only about 10%. 73, Hans, K0HB -- ~~~ Obse
Contests succeed because they are fun, not because of their 'sponsorship'. If quality of 'sponsorship' determined longevity, then most of the CQ-sponsored events would have been stillborn. 73, Hans,
I've been able to use the Heil elements on a variety of Icom radios (761, 775, 229) by putting a small value blocking capacitor in series with the 'hot' mic lead to the radio. Hans, K0HB -- CQ-Contes
I thought the same about "Minnesota", but in the report I got from N6TR (OHMYGAWD, what a wakeup call!!!!!!!) in the "other stations who busted your exchange" section, a high percentage of the mistak
I disagree..... although I took a lot of hits on phone for the same sort of error ("MA" for "Maine", "MS" for "Missouri", etc.), I don't think the logging software should correct *ANYTHING*. It shoul
Trey, I must not have stated my point properly. I didn't intend the meaning to be "I logged it like he sent it". I meant it to have the thrust "If I can't properly copy (and catch my own stupid mista
State QSO parties, while some of them have the trappings of a "contest", are more commonly just exactly what their name implies -- a party -- and a reason for a population with some affinity (in this
Jon, "We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understandi
Society X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu CC: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Super-duper-pooper check database function of TR
With all due respect, I think you just made a strong case *against* SCP. Stated another way, your reasoning could be boiled down to "SCP allows my computer to compensate for my lack of a skill that g
Jon, To put this all in context, this is the CQ-CONTEST reflector, not the DX reflector. Competent contesters especially hate "last two" style operators because it absolutely ensures that they will n
Tidbit from ARRL: "The Awards Committee has considered and accepted several recommendations from the Contest Advisory Committee which will affect the annual November Sweepstakes. Effective with the 1
Jon, To put this all in context, this is the CQ-CONTEST reflector, not the DX reflector. Competent contesters especially hate "last two" style operators because it absolutely ensures that they will n