Reminds me of ol' J79MD (SK) who used to say "I'm not in the contest but you're 59-08, or so they tell me" -- this was the abbreviated version of his I'm not in the Contest monologue -- yet during t
OK, here's some feedback. I'm really glad that they got on and handed out some QSOs during the contest. Their signal on 160 Saturday morning was the best I had observed during their entire operation
George offers an excellent example of why signing /QRP is really bad operating technique. For the benefit of some of the newer readers, I'll explain *why* this is a poor practice. Considering Geo's
There's nothing you can do to improve DX0DX's technique -- he's a lid -- but W6XXX can keep this from happening by improving his technique thusly: DX0DX: "DX0DX... contest" W6XXX: (W6 garbled...) DX
Aha, now this is something I have *lots* of experience with! This isn't related to callsign length. If you are too weak or too slow to get the DX's attention, then it doesn't matter if your call is
Dave's point about "standard" phonetics is well taken. The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. "Reasonable" phonetics is what folks are looking for. Best to experim
It's been a great pleasure following the discussion of the UBN reports published by the CQWW folks. The various points of view have been eloquently stated and refreshingly flame-free. For those of yo
In the spirit of Joe Namath I state the following: If the single op category is changed to 24 hours of on-time (with five off periods allowed), then west coast station N5KO *WILL DEFEAT* Maryland st
In the 13 years preceding the change in format from 30 to 36 hours, the US SOAB competition in WPX SSB was won three times by three different west coast stations and one time by a midwest station. I
Yep, I've given a lot of thought to distance-based scoring systems, originally motivated by the 8P6J vs 9Y4VT scores of years past in CQWW. How exactly does one measure performance? Based on the cur
While I was away Brian Derx, N5BA, left a message on my answering machine with the URL of an ad for this outstanding waterfront QTH, and I thought I would share it with you guys. It's the very last p
Yeah, *probably.* Regrettably we will never *know* unless we return to the 30 hour system that yielded a non-trivial number of non-east coast US champions during the aforementioned period (and incid
Yep. Clearly the CQ World Wide is the best contest because it has the most participants, and any variation from its format is sheer folly. The ARRL DX Contest should permit DX-to-DX QSOs, as should
I'm sympathetic to the WB0O's of the world, and this rule will give the landlocked W's a reason to turn on the radio during WPX. However, those people who are concerned about changing the WPX rules
Yeah, I blew it. Thanks to everyone who wrote and pointed this out. Duh! --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contest
For those of you who may not be aware of this, there is a terrific contester email list located at www.contesting.com. Follow the link under Contester Email Addresses on the home page. Joe Bob Marcon
I propose that clubs in the medium and unlimited categories be allowed to define their club territory as including any and all members that are located within the same state as the club's address of
This talk of signing calls has inspired me to (once again) give a brief review of proper calling technique in a contest. K5TR is surfing around on a very uncluttered 10 meters at 18Z calling South Am
I don't think this is really what is happening, but rather your perception of what is happening. The scenario above simply doesn't work. My theory is that the Roar of the pileup is sustained long en
The part you are missing is the second sentence of the original message: --Trey, N5KO -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ Administrative requests: cq-contest-REQUEST@contest