Further to Trey's comments, I plan to enter the KC Suite pileup contest remotely from the 2nd floor super-suite, operating only 4 of the 5 minutes due to age and fatigue. Best of luck to all. 73 John
Ranko, There is a difference here: Using M6T is legal and allowed by the rules. Not sending a report is illegal and specifically against the rules. Here is a philosophy that I try to follow: Respecte
All, This one is time sensitive, hence the "pre-Dayton" post. Thanks to Bob, N6TV, for the heads up. 73 John, K1AR A survey on skimmer technology is running on contesting.com. Please read the survey
In case you guys didn't see this, what follows is CQ magazine's Hall of Fame announcement for their entire program, including the induction of Randy, K5ZD and Paolo, I2UIY into the CQ Contest Hall of
Dear Contesters, As most of you know, there has been considerable discussion regarding skimmer and related topics on this reflector. The subject has essentially taken over the channel to the point th
Rowland, Try using better antennas (sorry, too hard to resist)! Seriously, I've always subscribed to the theory of keeping it simple. Sending "NR agn?" or just "NR?" is best. Trying to be cute with c
All, Most of us are about to participate in the world's biggest contest in a little over a week (CQ WW SSB) and no one is even talking about it on this channel. How about some posts that discuss prop
All, As a fellow who supports the CQ Committee in a number of areas, I thought I'd some guidelines for submitting your WW logs (yeah, I should have posted this a month ago): 1) CW logs go to _cw@cqww
Guys, We beat this topic to death in July. It's probably time to move on unless you have something new to add to the thread. So far, what I've read is a re-hash of what was said a few months ago. Hop
It amazes me that there are some folks on this channel that make more posts to CQ-Contest than actual contest QSOs, yet are so passionate about the open logs debate. With that being said, let me try
Dick, AD1C has written a fantastic freeware utility that does exactly what you are looking for: K4XU.bin --> K4XU.adi. You can download it at _http://software.ad1c.us/_ (http://software.ad1c.us/) BTW
Ilkka, Yes. Your score will be lower. 73 John, K1AR In a message dated 3/26/2009 8:44:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Ilkka.Korpela@Helsinki.fi writes: A multi-station can run 48 hours, but if we do o
The robot problem has been fixed. More up-to-date information about the contest can be found at _http://www.cqww-vhf.com/index.htm_ (http://www.cqww-vhf.com/index.htm) . 73 John, K1AR In a message da
All, After reading all of the mail on this subject, here is my take: 1) There are a bunch of unenforceable, uncoordinated band plan recommendations in place. 2) No one is going to observe them in thi
All, Most of can become pretty passionate when we think about the topic of new contesters. We remember our early days of operating and the enjoyment we had at that time (and hopefully still today!).
All, This is a great thread -- thanks to N4ZR for starting it. I'm always interested in real data when topics like this one emerge. My email provider and I may both regret this, but if you're interes
All, You may recall about a month ago, based on a thread discussing contest experience and age, that I would gather and analyze the information for you based on an informal survey. What follows is a
Sorry for the poor formatting in my original message. 73 John, K1AR All, You may recall about a month ago, based on a thread discussing contest experience and age, that I would gather and analyze the
Darn it! That was a typo. The overall first licensed age was 17. Not having a good formatting experience today. 73 John, K1AR In a message dated 9/28/2009 1:20:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, aa5jg@ya