You found it boring? Huh? Must not be talking about the same contest I was in. I for one had a blast, sorry you didn't. I've been trying to read most all of the 3830 score posting soapbox comments an
On 3/5/2013 6:45 PM, hankkier@aol.com wrote: 1 - almost impossible to find a run frequency without stepping on someone's toes, except on 10 meters One memorable moment for me was a K2 station that gr
A few years ago, some idiot on the CAC tried to explore the possibility of making ARRL DX a more interesting (i.e., fun) contest. I'm not talking about radical proposals like distance-based scoring t
Dick, My memory of that CAC discussion was that it was a staff member at ARRL who suggested that CAC look at the issue of the ARRL DX rules to improve participation I remember seeing graphs showing t
I think Dick was being self-deprecating...unless my memory's totally hosed. Mike N2MG _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.co
We don't think we will ever get bored with ham radio..... even after 58 years on the bands .... It still has that "mysterious" something to it ........ If I make noise or blow a horn ... or even flas
Frank, Actually, I was the person who suggested the study. I did so for four reasons: 1) Because I noticed that ARRL DX had fallen to third place in log submissions behind CQ WW and CQ WPX, 2) Becaus
If you like to run rate then go to the Caribbean or Central America and have a blast! Three years I was at V47 land and all I can say is what a blast! 10m near the bottom of the cycle open to the US