"I DISAGREE - It is much faster to just send QTC? And get an answer YES or NO. If Yes then send Callsign. WHY - The caller knows if he has got some QTC's from you. Else he wouln't ask for it Best 73
"I applaud CQWW for asking the top scoring guys to submit audio recordings in the upcoming WW contests. Wouldn't it be nice if those recordings could become public, much like the current Cabrillo fil
"I am happy to report that, thanks to N1MM, this will be changed in the next release of N1MM Logger+. 73, Steve" THANK YOU Steve !!!! There were a whole bunch of stations who polluted the band map l
"If you are PVRC, YCCC, FRC, FCG, NCCC, etc. and have been submitting scores for 20 years or more to the SAME club, why should you have to submit scores to a club in a new area to which you have no a
"Remote into your old club zone may not be permitted in all contests. Some contests require that you live in and operate within the circle. So, check the rules for the contests you are interested in.
Someone commented there was no audio on the ZF2MJ YouTube video. To hear audio of a MorseRunner run at 60wpm, click here for a sample from YT6W, a frequent HST competitor: https://m.youtube.com/watch
"After some hours, or after some tens of hours, you get to a level you notice some routines. Practicing the routines so they go under your skin helps - gradually ... Dual running causes fatigue." For
"Kelly, It's much more than just trying to gain an unfair advantage. Please reread the the first paragraph which contains words like "respect , fairness, ethics and fellowship". But the last one is t
"So if my Son W0TOL works only me in a contest I get penalized or I get my friends that don't normally work contests to get on and work me and they choose to work only me I should get penalized?" Yes
I agree with Tree. Yes, the NAQP rules allow HP entries as CheckLogs, so it's technically 'permitted'. But in PVRC we promote NAQP as a 'gateway contest' to develop new talent. We have added many new
Actually we don't. In the NA Sprint, many stations send 'Dit Dit' to indicate confirmation. It's a commonly accepted practice. Ken KE3X _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
... And yes - I know the callsign is part of the exchange in the Sprint. That's not the point. The point is 'Dit Dit' is a commonly accepted way of acknowledging confirmation of a QSO, just like 'TU'
"A big THANK YOU to the NAQP managers for bringing DC into the fold." Chris - Ditto from me - thanks and look for the DC ops to be out in force in 2017 and beyond! 73! Ken KE3X ______________________
"There is something (or many somethings) that is failing to attract the younger generation(s) that nobody has quite identified yet." I think it's easily identifiable: that 'something' is the social a
"Now all we need is for more operators from DC to get on and contest." Hi Stu - It's easy to see the historical activity by reviewing 3830 postings from W3DQ, NN3RP, N8HM, 4U1WB, W3HAC, KE3X and othe
I only check the CQ-Contest Archives about once a month - quite surprised to see this thread about AJ3M being disqualified using 4U1WB callsign. This is completely ridiculous: - Why now, after so man
Hi Ed - Maybe elsewhere thats true but not in DC you cant! Heres a reality check: 1. The noise floor here is S-7 on a good day, S-9 plus 20dB on a bad day, and you get called an alligator by email af