I have a two-queen bed, exec level room confirmed for Friday through Sunday. $139.00 a night. The exec level room gains you access to the HHonors lounge which means free continental breakfast. If any
I agree with Randy. Once I hit about 120 to 140 an hour on SSB, SO2R becomes taxing. It also gets harder to do it seamlessly without seeing like a clutz. At 60 or 90 an hour, SO2R is relatively easy,
I'll answer this one point that Tonno raises - CQing v. S&P at the start of the contest. I've tried runnning at 0000z and have met little success at doing it. Unlike the rest of the world, single ops
Yes, when I see the words "plan", "preferred", "center of activity," and "priority," I seriously have to question how this is a bright line rule. This sounds more like a suggested blue print. In any
I understand the need to follow norms, but many envelope pushing activities have become the norm. Case in point, "HMO"s in Sweepstakes. 73 Rich NN3W -- Original Message -- From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD"
I generally oppose contests within contests as it likely will adversely affect operating on the part of the contest which does not overlap with the main portion of the contest. Late nights on the low
They do have a challenge. Running 500 watts to a real beam means you get pileups of hams who haven't touched a microphone or key in 364 days and sound like it... 73 Rich NN3W Us 1D's have our own cha
Why stop there. How about the absurd little Multi Single rules that don't allow for mult hunting. This is probably the one major contest where any single op worth his salt should be able to run circl
I agree. This is what happens when you allow the emergency whacker types to dictate policy at IARU meetings. They ignore wide swaths of band which go completely unused and then complain when there is
Again, the IARU rules say that the 7000-7025 range is "contest preferred" and that the rest of the area (up to at least 7040). Narrow band modes are "permitted" in R1 between 7040 and 7050. CW is a n
I completely agree with you Jim. Let me add that a 30 KHz restriction destroys much of the competitive or training ability for a lot of contesters - similar to what Remi LY8O said (although not as si
Ahhh...How quickly we forget. The first spotting cluster was started by YCCC (a contest club) to assist in spotting stations in contests. It was not a tool for DXers and not their eminent domain... _
Also, the log deadline is now two weeks after the end of the contest. That is a rather significant change! 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
Thats one thing that struck me when I was reading through a stack of NCJs that I inherited a few years back - dupe checking services. I think N6TR ran one of them. You submitted the log and you paid
I've got a wonderful business trip to Ft. Wayne tomorrow and Thursday. Are there any cq-contest types in that area? Dinner Wednesday? 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-C
Ive never done 48 since I have been reactivated. 46.5 was my max out in 2006 IIRC - and i felt like crap afterwards. Drove the 45 minute drive from N3HBX back to the house and I don't know how I didn
Is there a pre-approved "safety word"? 73 Rich NN3W _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-c
Anybody know when CQWW 2010 is set to fall? Is it the 23-24th (the 4th weekend of the month) or 30-31st (the last weekend of the month) with the ending in the middle of Halloween? 73 Rich NN3W ______
I also don't support a multi single limitation. I remember doing IARU a couple years back and thinking to myself that I, as a single op, would be running circles around a multi op given that any sing
An interesting set of proposals. As a radiosport enthusiast, I'd be concerned about this one: ==Contest-free sections in all HF contests== The Emcomm folks are being quite vocal about this issue, and