Harry points out what appears to be a serious problem. Of course, OH to EA is a worst case. His best case is OH to UR2 (I'll ignore OH0), and he can probably work it with ground wave. I mean, really;
for my 3 cents worth, I think any combining would result in MUCH confusion. Its much better if they are spread out. The "little" parties can easily become bigger with better publicity making it more
OK, for my 4c worth: 1. I like Thanksgiving weekend for CQWW CW. It gives me an unfair advantage over non-US hams by allowing me to be home on Friday instead of having to be at work. This is signific
"capture" I've seen this stated many times by many knowledgeable people, but it just doesn't make sense in the radio world. Can you really notice (or will your RX "capture") a signal that is 1.7 dB s
Hi again Tom, I found a real expert in this field: AE0M works in the hearing aid industry and is well versed in the human hearing field. Tony told me that for unrelated voice applications (such as te
If you listen below 7050 you won't hear me call you, and I'll consider your CQing as nothing better than a broadcast station since I can't answer you, and I can't use your CQing freq as my listening
If you listen below 7050 you won't hear me call you, and I'll consider your CQing as nothing better than a broadcast station since I can't answer you, and I can't use your CQing freq as my listening
<< Just a thought.... 73, Alex D25L (The most busted callsign in the world! There is a 'dit' after the 'H') Alex, try adding a space (or another space) after the 5. That will reduce the busted call p
<< I watched the complaints on the packet cluster about very high speed contest exchanges and tried a little experiment. I matched the speed of the stations with my keyer and sent my exchange back to
<< To me, a sensible alternative would be an alphabetic serial number. It would never be longer than three digits! Example AAA = QSO #1. AAY = QSO # 25. 73, Paul, KB8N >> I propose using pure binary
Jim, I presume your talking about WPX? I havn't been able to figure out the scoring reasons either. This year, I changed my operating habits and tried to operate in a way that would make all the non
<< I am not a serious contester, but I enjoy making contacts during contests. While, some ops do give out honest reports or at least not 599, like nearly everyone else, I generally give out 599 repor
<< French guys are not lucky ... it's the same for me ... no TM6P entry ... my log has been E-mailed to contest@arrrl.org too and I have even got an acknowledgement ! :-) What must I do ? 73, Olivier
<< We're at a disadvantage as it is, why not at least give us the illusion of being part of the contest brotherhood by letting us use packet. It sure gets lonely out there not knowing whats going on
The following was sent to me earlier today asking for help from the NCCC community. I thought the international community represented here on this reflector might be able to help too. Pat, AA6EG, has
using some sort of encryption method? Upper or lower sideband is unintelligible. Anyone know what encryption technique is being used? << This brings to mind a time when I was a radio operator in the
<< I can speak only for the Air Force and Joint operations in the Pacific, but I can tell you we are meticulous in our frequency selection. If it isn't in the allocation book, it isn't used. And it d
.... (Yes, its out of context, but thats OK.) Wow, what an idea. I wasn't going to be active this weekend due to too many other things happening, but maybe I will get in there and hand out a few 5703
Rick: I've had the same trouble with my TS950SDX and the MFJ cable. The 950 must be run at 4800 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 2 stop bits . Nothing else works! My MFJ cable was wired wrong (pins 2 &