John - Yes, it's tricky. And the VE3 shouldn't have told you that YOU had to stop, unless he was tracking you for over 24 hours. I think the main point is that they want to incentivize the portable op

John - Although Field Day runs from 1800z to 2059z, a station's individual end time depends on when operation started and when the station was set up. Any station that was set up prior to 1800z can on

My log is uploaded. Only 13 QSOs, all PSK31. Then again, I just got home from a business trip, taking a red-eye connection from the west coast, and walked into the house at 1742z. Now to unpack and ge

Note to everyone: Now that some members have uploaded their logs to ARRL, PODXS 070 appears in the drop-down for Club or Group Name. All you have to do is select (click on) it. No need to worry about

Paul - I need CN98, my last one for WA. Unfortunately I'm on a business trip without radios, so I won't be available on Monday. So please put me on your list for a later return trip. Thanks 73, Steve

John (and Paul) - Actually, the only things that have to match to get a LoTW confirmation are date/time/callsigns/band/mode. Once that match is made, you get credit for wherever the other station says

I do the same. I upload to eQSL the original log. That provides matches for most of the incoming. And that don't match get researched to see if it's my error or theirs. Most of the errors are simple "

Not all scoring systems are set up the same way. Back when PSK31 was invented, it was (for a while) the only PSK mode. So the ADIF standard called it a MODE and defined the MODE as PSK31. This results

Sherri - If you use another logging program, just put the 070 number in a "Notes" of an "Exchange" field. This contest is being scored manually, and David says he'll find the number pretty much anywhe

My experience with that is that many ops don't realize that uploading their log to eQSL results in eQSLs sent to everyone in the log. And although they would never send out paper QSL cards with the ne

Eric - 070 doesn't do the formal cross-check of some of the other big contests, and delete QSOs if they're NIL in the other station's entry. That said, the old contest checker did provide a NIL percen

I figure that a quick exchange takes about the same time as explaining he's a dupe. So (especially this time) I just did what Bob said: work the dupe and move on. I also vote for leaving in the log. T

No problem. That's what we're here for. Steve W3HF

Dave - You don't. 070 doesn't require Cabrillo--we only use ADIF files. Steve W3HF

Well I started on QRP, with a three-watt PSK20. Then I "graduated" to five watts with the FT817. Now I typically run 25 watts, especially in 070 contests. That puts me in the Low Power category, not t

Sorry, thought that was for me and our rough QSO. Steve

Yes. It was rough--a lot of QRN here--but got it. Thanks. W3HF

Or remembering exactly where they were at 10:56 pm EDT on 20 July 1969. (And yes, I did that from memory.) Steve W3HF

From Google translate: Hello good afternoon: I am trying to make a contact for the contest all day long, and I have not been able to make any contact, because no one comes out for the contest, for nor

Sure you can. You just have to move. Here's an example: https://www.qrz.com/db/US5AF :-) Steve W3HF