I will be at 10.140 and see if anyone shows up. 73 Alan WL7CG -- The Grid and Prefix Awards Program - GAPA http://gapaawards.com https://groups.io/g/GAPA

Anyone want to try to work 30 meters today? I'm gonna start calling CQ around 1900 UTC today (26 March). I'm on 10.142 73 John -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ de KG5OIB

Steve W3HF makes a lot of sense. I will try to do that in my future contests. I might have 'grabbed' the qso control at times when I worked a station I hadn't seen in a while and said so even when I

If I get too many QSOs where the guy wants to share his life story, then I get to be a bit curmudgeonly. Hi , hi ! Jerry n9avy Sent from Mail for Windows 10

> Jerry said "070 contest can be whatever you want them to be. It’s your choice. " I think that's the point. Some people may want to chat a little and say hi to an old friend, or offer a welcome

Hey Jerry- It was great to work you in the St. Pats - even though we have worked like a gazillion time before! Keep on keepin' on! Old friends, new friends - whatever their style, I enjoy 070

070 contest can be whatever you want them to be. It’s your choice. Back when I was in 10-10 Int’l Net contests, we would often stop to chat in the middle of the contest much to the chagrin

I agree with Mike. Being able to mix contest and rag chew modes during 070 "activities" requires skill and is attractive to me. 73, Bill N3XL

So how is a contest QSO on PSK-31 which minimizes information transferred any different from an FT8 interchange, which so many 070 members seem to detest? Yes, we can be very efficient in exchanging

I saw a US station working them yesterday a little later than 18: but I couldn't see their trace. I have them in my notifier so if they show up on my water fall I'll give them a shot.

Hello All, The last two days VY0ERC in Nunavut has appeared on 20m about 18h UTC here according to PSK Reporter. Unfortunately I’ve been out of the shack when they’ve been on. Has anybody

Yes, everyone can still upload to the checker, but I cannot submit those endorsements for stickers (RATS !) . Hopefully one of these days it will work again ! Jerry n9avy Sent from Mail

The Awards Progress Checker allowed me to upload my log, credited my new grid, and allowed me to submit NE for award approval - even turned to orange showing submitted. But I think the software is

Rick: Congrats on finishing up NE ! Still have 3 more to go for NE and so many others with only one or two left. They just don’t seem to be there. It gives me something to look

I like PSK31 qsos which consist of a very brief exchange, but I also like ragchews. I will remind all you 070 folks of the delightful nature of the variety of endorsements on offer. In particular I

Just worked KE0SVL from EN02. That completed NE grids for me and took me to 372 grids completed! The Progress Checker may not credit me right now, but I've done it. And when everything gets sorted

Time to get up and get on! Things are very active on 20m from here in central Florida at about 1500 UTC. Europe, East Coast of US, Mid-America, out to New Mexico not to mention Mexico and Venezuela.

Thanks to all for working on the software problems. I still enjoy PSK contacts: quick ones where I just get a callsign and sig report and maybe a QTH and LOC and those I am talking to for 15-20

DISCLAIMER: I have never used FT-8 and there are no future plans to do so. 😊 What I generally do is send “CQ (whatever contest) de n9avy n9avy (2X) k “ My exchange is “N9RWC 599

If you want to minimize your exchange during a contest, consider doing what the FT-8 folks do. I know many 070 members detest the FT-8 mode, and they have a right to do so. However, because the number