Don, This survey does not give respondents any opportunity to voice what are clearly the large concerns about RTTY contesting/CW contesting conflicts, especially on 40 meters. Most US/VE domestic CW
COQP with K8FC/FRE or K8FC/CUS Perhaps the folks who go mobile in QSO parties could comment, but I have always signed plain old N9RV from Montana because I have thought that LOTW would require a sep
There's no automatic formula. Good writeups communicate enthusiasm and a sense of the fun of the contest. In a major contest, tens of thousands of people set life aside to get on their radios, and t
If you recall, in the summer of 1976 the Open CD party which would have been held in July was replaced by the one-time-only bicentennial contest, and after that the CD parties were kaput. I've always
This is an interesting discussion. Even if it does come up all the time -- it is very central to what motivates many of us as contesters. I used to be a lot more rabid about this in my youth. In the
George, I was asked to QSY quite a bit in the ARRL CW. I am happy to comply but: 1. Often times I couldn't react at all simply because I was running a very fast rate on the other radio. No time to sa
contest, I DELETE the ENTRY in my logging program. This begs the question -- at what point in a QSO do we cease requiring confirmations? In other words, if you need to copy a confirmation to log a Q
Set your calendars for the most intense 4 hours in contesting. The CW Sprint is here. Starts at 0000z Sunday (Saturday night local time in NA). Rules are here: http://ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf Look
Yes, we had a printing glitch that affected an unknown number of Nov/Dec issues. If you are one of the unlucky ones, an email to circulation@arrl.org will get a new copy headed your way. Sorry about