When I saw the post about Call History Files for SS, and then saw the post for the site where you can get them, I was tempted to put in some bogus data -- change CK 60 to CK 69; change name Art to na
People who think that QSOs once-per-band is the right way to "fix" SS are missing the point. K9MA has made it clearly: the only-once format gives smaller stations (myself) a chance to be not so far b
Keep using the same precedence (so as not to confuse the log checking). Submit your claimed score as highest power you used, IAW the rules. (That's what I did one year when I thought I would have hel
"Low cost" is kind of case-specific. This link shows a $25.01 (back then) non-wireless solution: https://www.pvrc.org/Newsletters/feb15.pdf That one finally QRT when the wire lead pulled off the Heil
I have one (silver color) installed right here in my station. I got it so visitors (newbies, wannabies, hope-I-can-interest-them-bies) could listen to the RX audio while I operated. Works fine for th
In case you don't bother to read my report on 3830scores (and I would not balme you!)... Check your SCP files. K7KU and K8KU used to be active. Now, imitator K5KU is doing well, and K2KU showed up in
I have some replies from people who did not realize that it was tongue in cheek. Just to alert any others who might have taken it seriously... I was just joking that if you hear "kilowatt united" in
My nomination goes to the KL7RA report on ARRL DX SSB: "This one micro-fact should say it all: We had more dupes on 160 than we had Qs on 15." See http://www.3830scores.com/showrumor.php?arg=rxa4zhic
SS CW is the acme of my ham radio year. (SS SSB and RAC Canada Day are tied for 2nd and 3rd.) Particularly from a CW perspective, I do not find Sunday to be the doldrums. As a third-tier op with a fo
AB1J: " My only problem is my logger never knows the incoming serial number in advance, unlike the WW contests where the logger knows all. Surely this can be fixed. Right?" Too bad I already used up
KU8E: "I'm not sure why anyone would have a contest that allows you to work multiple bands that the rules allow only one contact." This is just another instance of the Baskin-Robbins Principle ("If e
WB9SBD: " Speaking of Multi-Op, Why does it seem that multi-op efforts in SS have all but vanished?" Gee, my impression is that it was growing. I think when I got started mid-1960s there were very fe
" Mike, is signing WV2ZOW/VE3 a Canadian requirement? " Yup! When I visited VE4EA for RAC Canada Day Contest 2014 I made a few QSOs outside the 'Test as VE4/K3KU (which I thought was some internation
"These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliance
I've had good luck (see below) with a 200 foot dipole, built to fit the available trees.. It's fed with ladder line. K3UA -- always loud here -- makes do with an 80M dipole, even on 160M. (He consist
Two comments/stories. First, I hold the record for minimum score in a real contest (see below, for meaning of "real"). Not so many years ago I was still using CT-DOS for a Stew Perry TBDC. When gener
Absolutely no way this question should be answered before the log deadline. Copy (and log and report) what you heard him send. If he was sending the wrong QTH, maybe the Sponsor will fix the scoring.
Lots of talk here about people using calls that do not indicate their correct location, particularly indicating the wrong multiplier. I'll add to the list of offenders: KZ5D. Every time a work him, I
K9YC: " Almost ten years ago, W6XU, an NCCC member who also works in pro audio, introduced us to the Yamaha CM500 boom mic headset...." Jim (and anybody else), A few years ago, based on recommendatio
Somewhere in the ongoing thread K9YC addressed the the issue of the MICROPHONE's excluding outside noise. My original concern (not clearly expressed) was with the headphones' keeping out the sounds f