In memory of our good friend Bob, W4MYA, who frequently greeted us with an enthusiastic "Hey Dude", I suggest we all use "Dude" as our name in this weekend's NAQP SSB. 73, George K5KG Sent from my iP
Tony, the loss of Paul Bitner W0AIH is very sad news. Paul and his wife were at WRTC in Wittenberg Germany, the home of Martin Luther. I'm sure that Paul being a Lutheran Minister felt quite at home
I have worked a few stations that did not send their call as part of the exchange. In my book that is an unfair practice, and should be considered as cheating if done intentionally! 73, George K5KG S
Sam, I'm not at my computer, but as I recall you right click on a F-key to take you to the CW settings for all of the F-keys. 73, George K5KG Sent from my iPhone _____________________________________
The Florida QSO Party (FQP) is coming up on April 27 & 28. Check it out at www.floridaqsoparty.org The Florida Contest Group (FCG) runs an email reflector in support of the FQP, and it's open to ever
Who uses "list server"? Isn't that term antiquated? Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
Jim, the RAC contest begins at 0000z, Monday. That's 8pm Sunday for us on EASTERN time! K5KG is going on as a multi-multi. (Xyl is out of town!) 73, George K5KG Sent from my iPhone __________________
The world lost another great ham this morning. Walter Marshall, W7SE, became a SK today. Walt's XYL, Dolores, let me know that he passed away at home a few hours ago. Walt had suffered from cancer fo
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Hello Gary, thanks for your note. Walt, W7SE was a long-standing honorary member of the Florida Contest Group. Sadly, Walt passed away on August 30th, 2019. He was an avid contester and was on one of
Bob, I do not have a problem using N1MM+, but I must admit that the learning curve was significant. Additionally, I only use it for daily logging, CW and occasionally SSB contests. I do not use any o
Dennis, I had a similar experience last August. We took two nearby lightning strikes 20 days apart. Lost a lot of equipment, but all damage seemed to come through the Comcast Xfinity cable (copper, n
Hello Mike, this is in response to your email about what you did to find noise sources in your home. In my case, I have a bad noise spur about every 20 kHz on 15m. Thus far, I haven't been able to fi
Sad news about Dave K8CC becoming a SK. I believe that he was the developer of the NA contesting software. He was also a contributing member of the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee for many years. 73
Been in Zone 5 since '86, but till getting LCR's with me in Zone 4. "When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?" OJ, George K5KG -- George I. Wagner Sarasota, Florida Send CQ-Contest maili
I met OH2BAD at the OH0W station back in the 80s. I commented about his call. He told me that when he got his call years before he did not speak English. After learning English, he then realized the
You can add K5KG/OH0/OJ0. That was me in Aug 1982 on Market Reef. 8k CW QSOs without a memory keyer! 73, George K5KG Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
The shack here in Sarasota FL is in a spare bedroom. 2500 sq ft house with two central A/C units. With a few exceptions during the winter months, both a/c units run as needed. We keep the temps 73-75
Its looking like hurricane IAN is going to put a damper on contesting this weekend, at least from Florida. OJ, George, K5KG WCF - Sarasota EVACUATED Sent from my iPhone ______________________________
The response we are getting for participation in a W7YL (SK) Memorial Team for NAQP CW is tremendous. At last count, AJ, NK4O reports that 33 CW ops have signed up to be on teams. He is now reaching