The Central Texas DX and Contest Club (CTDXCC) will organize several important elements for the upcoming Summerfest in Austin in August, including two panel discussions, one for DXing and the other for Contesting.
The panels each will include three CTDXCC members with extensive experience in the two subjects. Since this is a Texas/US based audience, the summary will prioitize North-American responses. To assist us with the current thinking and questions in the Contest community (and most contesters are DXers to some extent as well), it would be very helpful to get your feedback on the following issues/etc.
Please send me an email (off the reflector) and comment on these questions, it would help me form a "baseline" of interest and opinion.
1. Do you have remote operation capability today? Plan to have it in the next year?
2. Do you use LOTW?
3. Do you send money for DX-pedition cards or use LOTW only?
4. Do you use RBN and/or spots to DX and to operate contests? If so, do you use any technique to avoid being "zero beat" with all the others using this spot?
5. Do you do contesting with "single op, one radio," or "single op, two or more radios?" Do you do multiple contesting with others at a "multi-op"
station?
6. Do you do much Low Power or QRP operating? Contesting? If so, what additional skills do you use?
7. Have you ever gone on a DX-pedition for either a contest or for DXCC operation? Summarize briefly your experience and your personal budget
(approximately) for the effort(s).
8. What skills did you find most important on the DX operation(s) in #7?
9. What techniques to you find the most valuable to break significant pileups?
10. Have you ever operated at a multi-operator contest station? Describe your experience in 25 words or less. Was it fun? Would you do it again?
What could the station owner do to make your experience more enjoyable?
11. Any other comments you wish to make.
Again, the attempt here is to collect what might be called the "baseline"
opinions for these.
Thanks in advance. Please email me directly to <n3bb@mindspring.com>
Jim N3BB
The panels each will include three CTDXCC members with extensive experience in the two subjects. Since this is a Texas/US based audience, the summary will prioitize North-American responses. To assist us with the current thinking and questions in the Contest community (and most contesters are DXers to some extent as well), it would be very helpful to get your feedback on the following issues/etc.
Please send me an email (off the reflector) and comment on these questions, it would help me form a "baseline" of interest and opinion.
1. Do you have remote operation capability today? Plan to have it in the next year?
2. Do you use LOTW?
3. Do you send money for DX-pedition cards or use LOTW only?
4. Do you use RBN and/or spots to DX and to operate contests? If so, do you use any technique to avoid being "zero beat" with all the others using this spot?
5. Do you do contesting with "single op, one radio," or "single op, two or more radios?" Do you do multiple contesting with others at a "multi-op"
station?
6. Do you do much Low Power or QRP operating? Contesting? If so, what additional skills do you use?
7. Have you ever gone on a DX-pedition for either a contest or for DXCC operation? Summarize briefly your experience and your personal budget
(approximately) for the effort(s).
8. What skills did you find most important on the DX operation(s) in #7?
9. What techniques to you find the most valuable to break significant pileups?
10. Have you ever operated at a multi-operator contest station? Describe your experience in 25 words or less. Was it fun? Would you do it again?
What could the station owner do to make your experience more enjoyable?
11. Any other comments you wish to make.
Again, the attempt here is to collect what might be called the "baseline"
opinions for these.
Thanks in advance. Please email me directly to <n3bb@mindspring.com>
Jim N3BB