Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sun Jun 28 20:09:32 1998
Gang, Tried to snip a few parts but Bill is right on with the appropriate response. Most of the rules were written before computer logging came to the fore. I feel that at the ending second the log s
As always, this topic as called by K1AR, causes controversy. I read through the comments and I still think that the point made by W4AN stands. The other comments just hone the question to the fine po
As always, this topic as called by K1AR, causes controversy. I read through the comments and I still think that the point made by W4AN stands. The other comments just hone the question to the fine po
Amateur radio contests have changed over the 42 years I have been a contester and Contest Director. The discussion on when a contest ends and post contest corrections shows that we have many view poi
I got several requests this past week so here is the status: The 1996 plaques have all been done and have been mailed. I know of two that need modification and will get to those shortly. The 1997 cer
Please lets move licensing restructuring to a newsgroup. This affects only USA hams and is not a thread for cq-contest. Thanks, Dave K4JRB -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/
Kirk H Pengelly complained about working in retail putting a crimp in his CQ WW CW plans. I know exactly what he means as I used to herd customers off the escalators at Rich's in Atlanta when I was a
I am aiming at starting the 1997 CQ 160 certificates early next week. In the past I used an older printer/PC that printed traditional labels. My call book version on that PC is now 4 years old. I can
I have one very old Heil BM-10 that I have used with Yaesu gear for nearly 14 years and the headsets work fine. I did have a problem with some breaking up but we got that fixed some time ago. Combina
You had to pick the mode as they ran at the same time. Then you had to pick the best 40 hours out of 73. The SS was won or lost (top score of course) in the first and last hour! And you had to run 1
I am mailing out the last of the USA 1997 Cq WW 160 certs and cannot find WD5CSK. I have his Okla City address but thats no good any longer. I enter his name Ronald J. Reid and get no answers from an
Pedro CT1ELP makes a very good request: First, If all the logs were received by the deadline it would be great BUT THEY ARE NOT. Logs can come in 3 months after with a valid before the date postmark.
All this talk of diversity reception (I feel two radio is beyond diversity). reminds me that there were dual diversity transceivers years ago but they were never adopted by contesters. The rare Cosmo
Lee's point (AA4GA) is well taken. I always put zero point Q's in the log when working split on 40 SSB. I have logged some famous calls over the years. Shame on those that don't log them. I think tha
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sat Feb 22 11:26:17 1997
NP3A replied> We went through several cycles where many of the contest ops were young. I came up in the 1957 to 1963 era when QST said "Most of the awards were being snapped up by youngsters." Young
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sun Feb 23 21:28:15 1997
Gang, A reminder....all logs go to cq160@contesting.com not directly to me. The two logs received so far are accepted. Will try by mid-week (when I get home) to list out logs received. 73, Dave K4JRB
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri Feb 28 18:58:09 1997
Here are the first E-mail confirm from the CQ 160 SSB sent to cq160@contesting.com. S53G WE9V 9A2TW VA3WTO SP2EWQ K5ZD N5LZ N5KO VE1PZ W2KA N2WK K0EJ W7AT This is the only confirmation unless I have
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri Feb 28 18:07:33 1997
Gang, Here is the first batch of e-mail confirms for the 97 CQ 160. Your log has been received. I will be in contact if I need more information. Dave K4JRB Contests Director List 1 CW 97 CQ 160 E-Mai
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Fri Feb 28 19:09:13 1997
Here is list 2 of 97 CQ 160 CW confirms. Come on guys don't send your log more than once. Let me contact you if I need more info. Once I get your log your confirmed. Two entrants are having computer
Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson)
Date: Sat Mar 1 17:54:34 1997
Thats 40 (and 80 and 160) for you. I have a beam and found conditions to be down some..the biggest thing I noticed is the lack of weaker EU sigs last nite. I worked across the band twice and worked 4