Use of a remote receiver by a contestant in the CQWW 160 contest is very restricted. It must be within 62.2 miles (100 km) of the transmitter, and the contestant is limited to entering the single-ope
Eric, Check out https://www.k6tu.net. He even offers a 30-day free trial. (And he provides unlimited free files to the community to use with HFTA analyses, which has greatly lessened difficulties wit
The period for submitting nominations for the CQ Magazine Contest Hall of Fame is open. Individuals, clubs, and other organizations must submit nominations in time for them to be received by March 1,
CQ 160 CW raw scores are here: https://cq160.com/raw.htm?mode=cw 73, Dave K3ZJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contestin
For those who enjoy hearing their own signal "from the other end": Vasiliy, K3IT, provides a free plug-in that works with N1MM and N1MM+ for recording your contest exchanges and directions for postin
My experience from WV is different. "Whiskey Victor" seems to work well. "West Virginia" too often is met with "thanks for Virginia." Maybe the problem is that my signal is puny weak (it can't ALWAYS
Hi Henning, The publicly-facing score databases with final scoes for most CQWW contests have exactly what you are requesting. CQWW WPX Phone results usually are published on September 1 and become av
ARRL Announces New Benefits for Members 04/16/2020 ARRL members will now receive digital access to four ARRL magazinesbeginning with their latest issues. Joining *QST* and *On the Air* magazines on a
Good thing HF antennas generally have relatively wide beam width if you use a compass to orient without correcting for deviation. This also has a subtle effect on propagation paths through the polar
2020 CQ WW Rules Updated Effective with the 2020 contest, there have been some modifications to the CQ WW rules that have been developed and approved by the WW contest committee. In summary: *New Cat
What Jeff says is true for U.S. residents, but not for those in the other countries where risk of transmission is low under international medically-based standards. Because they have achieved low ris
One should read the CQ rules for specific CQ contests, and the ARRL rules for specific ARRL contests. There are differences, and this is one of them. In all ARRL HF contests, if any person other than
Guidelines Issued for ARRL DX Contest Multioperator Stations 10/22/2020 ARRL has issued guidelines for multioperator stations competing in the ARRL DX Contest (CW and phone). With the global pandemic
This is not a problem. It is extremely easy to upload correctly for WAS, county, and grid square purposes on LoTW. I did it for W8I when we had stations in MD, VA, and WV. Each LoTW QSL shows the cor
Some of the contesters here may be interested in volunteering for the eclipse propagation research project described below. 73, Dave K3ZJ HamSCI (www.hamsci.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xoeq-M
In the Argentine callsign system, the letter designates the Argentine province. For a regular callsign, the province is identified by the first letter of the suffix. So LU6AH is within the federal ca
Hi Martin, Got it! It should have been /XP (or /XA if in Santa Cruz). Would /XQ or /XZ work as well? Might stir up more action from W/VE oldtimers by using "/XZ" until they copy the "13." So long as
HQ stations "participate" in the IARU HF Championship without "competing" against other entrants. They operate under different rules and their logs are scored separately by WWROF. You can read about
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the contest dinner and in the suites in 2022. Please stay safe in the meantime so that K1AR doesn't have to read your name and call at the dinner.... 73, Dave K3
Calling all contesters to help. Radio amateur and SWL observations are needed June 7, 2021 from 0000 UTC to June 12, 2021 2359 UTC. Test Run on May 30. See link: https://hamsci.org/june-2021-eclipse-