Ham radio contesting might well be "like" a lot of other competitive activities, but I think contesting is the only one where you have to cooperate with your competitors. No cooperation, no QSO. 73,
W1VE said: "Thanks to a lot of work from J and the remote team, Hal, W1NN, will operate [VY1AAA] SOHP in November SS via remote from his home in Ohio." OK, so "Hal, W1NN" will operate a NT station fr
I asked here "Are we about to see the end of rare Sections in SS?" I prompted a comment from K3PA (whom I met at a PVRC-FRC Joint Meeting, longer ago that we'd like to admit). Drew's feelings match a
You're right -- too much grousing. But not from me (if you read carefully). K5KG says "I agree. All of the grousing about remote operating is beginning to sound what it was like when SSB was overtaki
I finally figure out my SS CW LCR from 2014. I worked VA3xx, but fat-fingered his call to VXA3xx. So, when I heard him much later he did not show as a dupe, and I worked him again. My LCR shows "bust
I already thanked Tree directly, but I should mention it here, too. Thanks, not so much for addressing this one small problem in the log checking, but for all the brains, effort, and time you put int
No, not HB9OCR operating 15M at W3LPL in ARRL DX SSB last March, running stations in five languages. (See "Highly Motivated Tourists" in NCJ for Sept/Oct 2015, or PVRC Newsletter (online) for July 20
I think I broached this subject before, but got no significant response. Conversation with some of the other op's at a M-M this past weekend, and seeing W1VE's 3830score post for ARRL DX CW prompts m
K9MA (one of my W9YT buddies) asks, "But how, exactly, is a little pistol to procure a run frequency when every open band is packed wall to wall, and stacked three deep, with big guns calling CQ?" An
I nominate N0FN for Best Post of the Year. 73, Art K3KU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/
Mike -- I am a small signal and frequently a late starter -- giving out NR 1 when active op's' are giving NR in hundreds and thousands. Especially on phone, I often get asked "Number zero two six??"
I feel like Hans has taken an undeserved beating here. I suspect that Hans' viewpoint derives from his being a really good operator who does not guess (maybe personality; maybe Navy radioman backgrou
How much has the Internet permeated ham radio? When I saw Kelly's post Looking to hook up with some Swedish hams to talk about driving and driving instruction in Sweden. For a news story. my immediat
(Sorry if this has already been addressed. I'm behind in reading the Reflector postings.) "The only thing I would do to improve SS is to delete those four VE3 sections and go back to ON." What in the
And I forgot to mention reverting VI and PR to WI (West Indies, not Wisc.). And way back (as I recall from old QSTs) MB, AL and SK were all one section. I would crack wise about reinstituting CZ, but
"While it's true that some operate the CQ WW for fun knowing they never will have a chance to win I believe that most contestants are trying for the coveted plaque." I doubt that "most", by a long sh
I few days ago I received, forwarded by VE4EA, a lovely plaque for VE4VTR's RAC Canada Day Contest 2015 win in the Multi-Operator, Single Transmitter, High Power category, with a score of 473,340. Op
In my earlier post I neglected to thank Radio Amateurs of Canada for sponsoring the Canada Day Contest (and the RAC Winter Contest). Special thanks go to the two volunteers who oversee the 'Test: VE5
WC1M wrote: "... a member of YCCC, my contest club, arranged with the factory to send a technician to our club area -- the Northeast -- to do an "Alpha Day" where local owners could bring their amps
It's a good season for penitence. Regarding WC1M's "Alpha Day" I had posted: Wow! That's gotta be a lot of 87A's needing fixed to make it worth sending the technician out. K3ZW points out that more m