I'm coming "hat-in-hand" to you guys on the East Coast for some advice. I've gotten ensnarled in a family trip east over (gasp!) ARRL DX CW weekend. Unwilling to totally miss out on the contest, I'm
In the "some people don't know when to quit" category.... (we needed more categories, right?): I operated ARRL DX CW (besides a short stint at KC1XX) from a fixed location in MA under my own call, an
As I should have done initially, I forwarded my question to N1ND at ARRL. Here is his answer for anyone else contemplating such an operation: multiple York be location is work well you Original quest
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IL QSO Party: Hey, I'm biased. We get to be "DX" for 8 hours. Oct 20, 2002 (Hint..hint...) SS CW: can't shake the attachment to traffic handling and old friends that show up ARRL 160: a low power st
In addition to the down-sides already mentioned, the lifeblood of state QSO parties is the mobiles they bring out. Many of these are out-of-staters who help in more than one party per year. Combining
I always bring peanut M&M's to multi's to share with K9BGL each time either of us works a new mult. Chew, don't swallow whole. Same effect? 73, Jim N9JF
I vote with the "test at the end of cq" group. No ambiguity. 73, Jim N9JF -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http:
Greetings, fellow combatants.... If one had not had anything else to do this weekend (it WAS only a phone contest), it would have been instructional to have spent a bit of time listening in the 40 me
Hills, stacks, salt water, Right Coast, Left Coast, Black Hole.... Ze best vay to settle zis argument is vith WRTC from nordurn Ioway. After dat, NOBODY vant to operate from dere agin. 73, Jim N9JF .
If I remember correctly (which is getting more difficult to do all the time....), the April CD party was "open" to all ARRL members. This last NAQP was a blast from start to finish. Probably the firs
My call is running around in various "master" databases attached to "Jim" or "Pogo" (sprint name). This time, I (and a dozen or so others), used "Bill" in memory of WA9TPQ (SK Dec '02). I heard a lot
I have to cast a "NO" vote for HP in NAQP. One of the charming characteristics of this contest is that a LP or QRP station can hold a frequency without getting blown away. QRP category? Fine. Though
While it's *possible* that the use of weird names in NAQP or the Sprints is a "defensive stategy", I doubt that in most cases that is the intent. Certainly not in mine. If I have to repeat "Bill" fif
Short is not always good, especially on cw if "short" means ending in an "E". Deadly. Any letter can be loused up on phone, but the ones that have similar-sounding phonetics will give the most troubl
"We passed the sobriety test at a check stop in Milton Saturday night with no questions about all the radio gear " this test if the right questions were asked..... Fun though. Drive safely. CU next w
My take on electric fences (I'm not a farmer, but I was, and I've used a lot of electric fence....): It sounds as though you are dealing with dreaded "weed burner" type of fence. They pulse about 1 s
I'll add my 2/10 Euro: I have not submitted a score for this contest since they lumped assisted and unassisted. I have just as much fun and get just as many QSLs via the bureau (....). The sponsors j
I recently sent out a large number of e-mails to known contesters regarding the upcoming Illinois QSO Party. It included a date and time announcement, a link to the sponsoring club's (not my club) we