Jim
I enjoy going assisted. Like you said different strokes for different folks. I
love company when I am contesting. I really don"t like contesting myself.
Ed
From: Jim George <n3bb@mindspring.com>
To: Mark <pa5mw@home.nl>; cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] what is required of recevied audio, and whay
Likewise here. No Internet available in the guest house, where the shack
is. All true single op. I sure hope that we never get to the point where we
are forced to all be assisted. Different strokes for different folks.
Jim George
At 02:55 PM 3/13/2017 +0100, Mark wrote:
>Being a Dinosauer, when I contest from home (unassisted) I
>
>Disconnect all cable TV/internet/phone entries to the house.
>Switch off mains to most parts of my house including the livingroom,
>killing electric power to all possible wall-warts, routers, TV, radio,
>kitchen appliences, clocks, lighting etc..
>This lower the noise on my nearby RX antennas by just over 1 dB.
>
>For 48 hours I am alone in my shack, which is powered separately, enjoying
>radio.
>
>The pizza-boy always wonders IF someone is at home at all.... (doorbell is
>on batteries and re-routed to the shack)
>
>73, Mark PA5MW
>
>
>On 10-3-2017 10:19, Paul O'Kane wrote:
>>
>>
>>Imagine that - ham-radio contesters who don't connect to the
>>internet. They must be dinosaurs :-)
>>
>>73,
>>Paul EI5DI
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