Why on earth were these two contests scheduled for the same weekend? Can anything be done to P-R-E-V-E-N-T this from happening next time? 73... Rick, K6VVA ___________________________________________
We should all be asking N1ND how and why this happened. The NAQP CW has always been the 2nd weekend of Janaury. The RTTY Roundup has always been the 1st weekend of January....Except for this year, wh
At 06:21 AM 1/7/2005, David Hachadorian wrote: New Year's Day falls on a Sunday next year, so I think this conflict is scheduled to happen again. I think the BARTG RTTY Sprint is scheduled for the th
It is more like who the heck wants to do a contest with a hangover? Plus to much college football on. Not to many people are going to buck their New Years traditions for a contest so the ARRL moved i
N6DE added to K6LL's post: -As Dave mentioned, be aware that you are likely going to hear RTTY stations on 40m as low as 7.040 (and potentially lower, though I certainly hope not). This is due to the
There certainly was NO problem for NAQP CW on forty last night here in Texas - at most, I heard five or six RTTY in the 7035-7045, and they were well separated, and there were plenty of NA stations r
___________________________________________________________ No problem for the CW guys, you mean. I was jammed at least five times on different frequencies operating RTTY. The method was so similar i
Not necessarily a contester, Bill. 73 VE3DZ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
___________________________________________________________ I didn't say it was. I doubt that a serious CW contester would waste his time. It's purely a CW vs RTTY thing. I've gotten similar jamming