Milt, Trying to get my portable station gear together. Still working some things out. Should be ready for a POTA activation in late May. Going to try SSB first and then start using PSK. My

The pages for RC3 cup have been updated to reflect the standings for the cup through the St. Patricks Day contest. This is the Top Ten, and the Leaderboard pages. 73 Jim K5SP

My log is submitted! It was another successful operating event because of our club management, and of course the participation of our membership. Thanks everybody for helping with big doses of

PS; There is a strong push in Southern California to use 146.580 MHz, or the newly dubbed "National Adventure Frequency" because the National Calling Frequency is so tied up on the weekends from the

Milt, Yeah, I got the SOTA bug bad last year and have hiked up 56 mountains since August 2020. I've yet to find a way to make an ultralightweight digital station. My pack currently

For the last 3 or 4 years, the only mode I activate for Field Days and Special Events is PSK31. Also, since I started POTA, last December, the only mode is PSK31. On Monday, April 12th, I’ll be

YEA, jerry...you guessed it.

Know about POTA & SOTA, but what's BOTA ??? Bars On The Air ??? Jerry n9avy

I see that a lot of the 070 members are also active in POTA, SOTA & BOTA. When you activate a park, summit or beach, do you ever use psk31? I've joined each group, as we've got an abundance of each

Switching modes on just one band make this a great event. There were more signals on the water fall than I could ever hope to QSO. Nice to see. I run a digital playgroup on Monday night 9:00pm 7071+2

Jerry - You can INCLUDE any dupes in the log you submit, but the checker will give you zero points for any that are in your operating period. That means they don't count. For this contest, "dupe"

Hmmmm ... didn't see anything in rules for this contest about dupes. If we were allowed dupes than that makes this test too complicated... I may have missed something when I read rules, but I doubt

Milt - You can have dupes any time you want. But: - only six hours worth of operating will be counted for your score - dupes during that period will be worth 0 (zero) QSO points The scorer will ignore

If I'm going to call "CQ Contest" on a band that looks dead...let it be 20m! OA4DOS @ 01:31 CO6GU @ 03:18 JM7OLW @ 03:52 If I'm understanding this correctly, I can have "Dupes" during the entire time

Bob, I get you in my log almost every contest. Not this time. Not a peep heard. S9 noise here sounded like arc welding. Jim K5SP -- Jim, K5SP #483 Executive Director/Member Services Director

Thanks for having this contest. Really a challenge. Had very high noise at my location in Oceanside CA. Only had about 30 contacts buts still enjoyed myself. Bob KK6KMu

That (CQ station calls the shots) seems like common sense to me, but I know what Tom means about the awkward dance. I usually have Search & Pounce macros and Running macros all up at the

Tom and all : I've always gone with the station calling "CQ" calls the shots (he's in charge !). As for recovery procedure we should probably default to PSK31. My 2 cents after inflation ....' Jerry

Is there an assumed protocol for soliciting mode changes? If in S&P mode I have always deferred to the running/CQ-ing station providing mode switching requests. It seems like we ought to make this a

Always great to chat with non-members during a contest. You never know if they will join or not, but have worked many who later got their 070 numbers and still have to work them again to claim their