True, but if I in FN22 hear a signal to my SW and hear "Georgia Pa" odds are it will be K8GP and I already know their call and six digit grid from last year as they know mine. I still won't log it t
NEVER? Not at all true. For the HF contests where mutlipliers count by band, it is very common to move people from one band to another. This is done a lot by DX stations in the CQ WW contest and by
And this is exactly where some contesters (HF and VHF alike) lose QSOs. Just copy what you hear, and log it. If you don't hear it, don't log it. And if you decide to use a database, and that station
I stand corrected. I have never operated HF DX contests and incorrectly assumed that propagation would prohibit doing ...say, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, whereas we often go 6M, 2M, 222,432,1296,2304 ad inf
Skeds BEFORE a contest are what make or brake a top contest effort, Especially UHF and up. I see nothing wrong with it and highly encourage such activity. Calling my cell during a contest is a entire
I have made lots of skeds on 6M and 2M during contests (both as a single-op and multi-op). The success rate has been very good. I usually set skeds with guys who I know: 1) will show up, 2) are good
I'm not sure this is always true. In 2000, W5KFT finished second in the limited multi-operator category in the ARRL June VHF QSO Party, and they had no pre-arranged skeds. (BTW, why are we now cross-
I am pretty sure we did not have any pre-arranged skeds the year we won limited multi either. http://lists.contesting.com/_3830/1998-June/007444.html -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http:/
I just looked at the results for the last three years for the ARRL's three big VHF contests and it looks like log submissions are pretty static with a change of like 20-40 logs up or down out of anyw
George makes a pretty good point about contest activity. What has your local group done about increasing the numbers of logs submitted? For the Jan 02 contest, the Lawton group not only gave classes
That's what happens when 6m is wide open from Texas. :-) Not sure this is a valid or representative data point. That being said, there are many factors that go into a winning effort. Most of the read
In a message dated 5/22/02 11:01:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tree@kkn.net writes: << In VHF, I am only really competiting against one or two locals. We make agreements on what is okay and not okay a
I have a hard time making skeds for VHF contests because most of my VHF contesting is from hilltops and usually not for the entire duration of the contest, so I don't know exactly when I will arrive
"Hi Sean: Nothing in the rules prohibits making skeds before the contest period starts. Have a good event. 73 Dan Henderson, N1ND ARRL Contest Branch Manager" Have at it. == Sean Kutzko, Amateur Radi
This is a very good point. It is how I got started in weak signal operating on VHF-by making some tropo contacts on 2 meter FM simplex, and realizing that 2 meters was more than talking with the same
Yeah - I guess I "take the high road" but to me that makes it more interesting - knowing that I did not spend weeks before the contests setting up skeds or talking up unique QSOs on the local repeate
Yeah - I guess I "take the high road" but to me that makes it more interesting - knowing that I did not spend weeks before the contests setting up skeds or talking up unique QSOs on the local repeate
Agree about the challenge of increasing activity... but even though the log submission might be down, I am pretty bullish about activity levels. True, the demographics are working against us, but I
I went back to look at the June 2000 results. W5KFT was second to W2ODH/6 but had 369 more Q's and 52 more grids on 6 than ODH, historically one of the best performances ever recorded on 6. Admittedl