-- If one defines "winning" as placing in the "national" or "regional" top-10 and "schedules" as using the time prior to the contest to make specific arrangements to work a particular station on a gi
And Frank has just showcased the "problem". Please define "Assisted" so that you-all are speaking with the same understanding. Hey...while you're at it, define "spotting", too. And, before anyone el
Is *nothing* sacred? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123731266862258869.html "Za," "qi" and "zzz" were added recently to the [Scrabble's] official word list for its original English-language edition.
According to the Cabrillo web page that I Googled, Cabrillo accepts only the following for band designations: Sadly, there is no Amateur allocation at 119G or 142G. Sadly, there is no Cabrillo design
Hi Walter, 4-metres is available only in IARU Region 1; sort of like 222 and 902 being available only in IARU Region 3. :) Ev, W2EV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting maili
Great thread, Walter! In fact, I'm thinking in terms of assembling a grass-roots effort to supplement CQ's excellent 2-band international contest with other contests, but based on km-DX rather than G
I will. However, as you said... So...I'm planning on supporting both, concurrently. :) Let's see how successful I can be. Ev, W2EV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting maili
Great question, Ken. The answer is in what is lacking from ARRL and CQ rules: mode-based QSO differentiation. Said another way...a QSO is a QSO without regard as to the mode on which it takes place.
Way to go, Alex! Congrats to your team and a warm round of applause to the contest and plaque sponsors! Ev, W2EV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesti
David... Point toward FN03 and tune to 144.288 USB. My PSK31 station ID's every 5 minutes. See if you can decode anything. Alternately...send a long stream of CQ DE N3XUD's my way and check the map a
Conditions were all tropo (no Es) ... but phenomenal, given that the aether was "wiped clean" by thunderstorms and high winds just a couple of hours earlier. In 1.5 hours (7-8:30), from FN03xd I work
I think that it is high time for us to stop thinking that "we" are a minority. The largest population of Amateur Radio Operators are licensed for VHF only operation. It's ok to be proud and loud. Ev
Are you NUTS?!? You are perfectly located D-O-M-I-N-A-T-E in a contest, right from the center of the continent. Spend some quality time learning what you need to in order to capitalize on your untap
They just did for RL's. Are we? :) Ev, W2EV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfco
How does one do that, Jim? The robot accepts the "last" submission as the "official" submission, doesn't it? Ev, W2EV _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFco
... Mike, I really wished you hadn't said that. I've heard that from many sources, and that scares me. I receive ARRL mailings asking me to contribute to the spectrum defense fund. I see ARRL rules
Since the discussion has morphed from being "about the issues" to being "about the people", it is likely time to QRX (albeit temporarily) to cool off a bit. Suffice to say that these discussions are
The issue of "legal" is better asked after having read and understood the rules for the event as published by the sponsor. Every one is different. Applying one sponsor's rules to other sponsor's eve
Read The Fine Manual, Les. :) http://www.arrl.org/awards/vucc/VUCCRULE1a.pdf See Rule 6. _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com http: