Hi Bill, Please describe the interference you're experiencing, you described it only as "a lot of interference" Is the interference only directly on the second harmonic of the 40 meter transmitter or
Hey Scott. That's not the optimum way to enter calls into a logging program. You should never feel like you're frantically typing to complete typing his full call before you initiate your logging pro
Hi Doug, My currently active favorite is SE5E My least favorite are the new 1X1 calls like M1X I'm always waiting for more letters... 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From: "Doug Grant" <dougk1d
I'm surprised at Randy's comment that " it is impossible to measure the impact or harm" Unique QSOs in the W2RE log will provide a measure of the impact 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- I am in
T his video of the RHR Live Stream reveals violations of four General Rules for all ARRL Contests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aydTZN4nLfU What are the specific violations shown in the video? 1. CQs (i.e
Hi Sterling, If the originator of a live stream intends to compete in a contest, its incumbent on the competitor to comply with the rules. It doesn't matter if others haven't complied in the past. It
Amateur radio contesting began 100 years ago with the September 1920 announcement in "Everyday Engineering Magazine" of the rules for the February 1921 "Experimental Transatlantic Sending Tests." Amo
Well worth listening to Randy's audio recording. Many of his callers have terrible audio quality. Were you one of them? 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- I have uploaded the audio recordings of m
Properly pronounced and with emphasis on the correct syllable , the ICAO phonetic alphabet words are almost always the best choice www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7WWY1o7xAI The rationale for the choice of
Lima work well if pronounced as LEE-mah and not lee-MAH 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Same experience here: 'Mike' at weak-signal VHF/UHF SSB sounds like a very short '-aik-' with hardly RF e
Sorry Ken, all entries were closed out yesterday. Maybe you'll have better success next year 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- Hey, hold on a second: I hereby lay claim to the goodies in Section
Well done Randy! 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- The WPX raw scores now allow selection by Continent or Country. https://cqwpx.com/raw.htm?mode=ph --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest <cq-cont
It is with great sadness that I write this message. It has come to my attention that Marty Johnson W3YOZ has become a silent key as of 4-14-2020 I will post more information as it becomes available.
Early this month SWPC published their official updated prediction of Solar Cycle 25 in a new user-interactive graph format. Their updated prediction is based on the results of NOAA's Solar Cycle 25 P
Unless you've studied geomagnetic physics you probably never learned -- or even heard -- that the Earth has three north poles. The BBC article -- referenced by the first email in this chain -- descri
Hi Ken, BBC's article this week " Scientists explain magnetic pole's wanderings" has attracted the interest of many radio amateurs interested in ionospheric propagation. www.bbc.com/news/science-envi
Hi Ken, Of all the long term (more than one year) changes you listed, the solar cycle is by far the dominant change. Lets hope we see some energetic solar cycle 25 sunspots this year. None of the cyc
Affordable global mobility is also a factor. DXpeditions were uncommon during the 1950s. DXpeditions and contest DXpeditions became increasingly common during the 1960s with the advent of global jet
At W3LPL we mostly use: CQ TEST W3LPL W3LPL It works attracts lots of callers! 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane@ei5di.com> To: cq-contest@contesting.com Sent: Monday,