When taking notes at the end of the contest -- what went well and what could have been better -- what should you consider for inclusion? Here's a short trigger list for what you can learn from every contest: Equipment Radio working properly Amplifier working properly Keyer working properly Computer issues Contesting software issues Interface issues Rotor box issues Antennas Each antenna, each band notes Directional weakness ...
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Category Archives: Contesting
Multi-operator contesting teams and sleep deprivation
Sleep deprivation also impacts the productivity and performance of teams. This, from Bob Sutton, in Sleep Deprivation and Group Performance. While the point of view of sleep deprivation is on business teams, I think it directly applies to ham radio multi-operator contesting teams as well. Especially ...
Ham radio Contest Stations database updated
Do you want to find out about the set-up at your favorite ham radio contesting station? Well, you can through the voluntary efforts of the contesting station owners and the Contest Stations website. Pete, N4ZR, and Mike, NF4L, have been working hard on updating the site making it easier for contest station ...
Ham radio contesting on your terms
We're coming to the end of the major contests this spring ham radio contesting season. Did you contest on your terms? It is an important question because contesting is a diverse activity within the ham radio hobby. For example, this year we have the Triple Play Award offered up by the ...
K9JY CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
Only in ham radio can we put up random letters in a title and have it mean something specific to readers...but I digress. I was able to spend an hour and a half or ...
K9JY CQ WW SSB 2008
This is the first CQ WW SSB Contest I have listened to from this location. And the comparison to my previous location is striking. This location is much worse for ham radio than the one I had about four miles from here -- it is lower, on the side of a hill, with another hill due ...
October, 2008, QST to have Radiosport Insert
Here’s a good idea (via the ARRL Letter): We here at ARRL HQ are excited over the theme of October's QST -- radiosport! In addition to feature and technical articles focusing on contesting -- ranging from the history of radiosport to ...
Coordinating the Magazine and Web Contest Results
There is some good commentary going on about the ARRL posting of the ARRL International DX Phone contest results on the contest reflector. You will recall the ...
IARU Championship 2008 — K9JY
Nice to be back on the air... Worked into DU, JA, VK2, VK6, ZL, V31, KL7, KH6, and EA (a long way from Washington State in ...
The importance of copying the full call the first time
Contesting is a radio sport that requires the operator to have many specific skills. One of these skills is being able to handle the “rate” of callers coming back from your CQ. The faster you can handle a pileup, the more contacts go in the log helping the score. But, where to start learning ...
