Yeah, right ! When was the last time you (or anyone else who normally lives near the east coast) operated from west of 90 degrees W longitude and came even close to winning the SOAB high power catego
It would also be really nice if the WRTC 2006 web site would show some consideration for those of us who are stuck with slow, dial-up connections by not including frivolous pictures, movies, sounds,
You're kidding, right? Both the ARRL 10 and ARRL 160 involve working a lot of Europeans, at least by the top stations. Explain how anybody "midwest/west" has a better shot at Europe on 160 meters th
Hello K4IK, You, as a US ham, can simply ask for a certificate and receive a postcard. I am already on ARRL file since I had my cards checked for the DXCC award in the past years, so I'd like to be a
Hello K4IK, I don't think so. I've tried to do some math after reading the bottom of the https://p1k.arrl.org/lotw/dxccapply page and I've found out that LOTW will always be more expensive to me than
This is a great idea ! Are there teams for this Sprint ? The NCJ web site allows team sign-up, but that is probably just a relic from February. 73, Steve, N2IC _______________________________________
Guys and Gals, I just can't understand all this whining about the rescheduling/relocation of the Dayton forums. K1DG and K3LR are to be commended for turning Dayton into a first-rate contest conventi
Happy New Year to all, and thanks to all your helpful replies to my original questions. Here is a shortish summary of what I got / have concluded: A number of people replying advised me to keep the f
This has been an ongoing problem with the IARU scoring for years ! Having been victimized by this sloppiness many times, I have privately made this problem well known to N1ND, N7NG, and his predecess
Ah yes....another year and the IARU scores published in QST are botched. This is getting really old. How about this in future years....delay publishing the QST writeup until AFTER the scores have bee
having not passed my CW requirement i can only listen to the HF bands. and listen i do. during this past contest, i heard the usually congestion in the mid-ranges of the bands, but higher up, things
While increased DX participation might be more enjoyable for those in a position to take advantage of that, the rest of us most certainly wouldn't like it. I happen to like competing in some contests
I'll second what Kelly has to say. DX propagation is slightly better in St. Paul than in Winnipeg, but it's still very difficult from here. For that reason, domestic contests attract more participati
learned a great deal about propagation, efficent use of my radio, and contesting in general during this past weekend's ARRL VHF Sweepstakes. my first true foray into contesting, i set a personal goal
recently i was reading some tips about working different bands. one of the more notable concerned the correct way to search a band. conventional wisdom is to start at the bottom of the band and work
i made an error that i didn't catch until re-reading the post. USB should be tuned from the bottom and LSB from the top. i fix computers all day and USB is etched in my brain. sorry for the error. -
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This is further complicated when you factor in propagation. If you're on the low bands, that one time you send your call every five minutes is probably going to to be buried in noise or QRM. For a lo
devil's advocate mode on: what if i believe i have the callsign correct, yet it turns out not to be? then what happens? my callsign, KB3KAQ, caused a little confusion during the recent VHF Sweepstak
Are major JA mfgrs still selling ham gear at truck stops? This is a start. Now if the FCC would only go after the hundreds of illegal amps sold on e-Bay (the ones that cover 6-21 MHZ without a bandsw