In a message dated 5/11/04 11:13:51 AM Greenwich Standard Time, ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca writes: It would be interesting to compare the number of valid callsigns recorded in submitted logs in WW or WPX
Well thats my view and may i say this site makes intresting reading 73 fer now and thanks; G4SSW _______________________________________________ Well thought out OM. I think most SSB contesters do ma
the 11m contesters may get a bit upset at that. They already have their own contests, dxcc awards, spotting network, dx-peditions, iota awards, etc. they might be a bit upset if we move in on their t
When a station is using two radios and all they are doing is going back and forth between lets say 14.225 and 7.225 then is that really in the "spirit" of Sprint? .................de K9GY This was th
I think illegal power & watching the cluster (while entering UA) are FAR FAR worse, & potentially damaging to these stations you talk of, Stu. This is what we need to focus on, not some knucklehead s
I have been using my Nel-Tech DVK 100 since they came out in the mid-80s on five different rigs. I love it and wouldn't use anything else. They pop up once in a while on ebay or the ham radio lists.
Sure was interesting watching KA6SAR run ~ 200 / hr on 10m Sunday while using my voice to CQ.... I have never been a fan of different voices for the CQ machine and the op. As I S/P around, I occasion
In SSB contests, we would have to learn the "10 code" to go along with Q signals. Make "you're wall to wall and tree top tall" part of the exchange instead of the tired old "59." Now that would get t
right, that how it works in European contests and it works .....and that's one reason why I will not seriously work any Eu contest anymore that makes no provisions for non-packet stations. I did many
I picked up a Heil "Quiet Phone" at Dayton. The noise cancellation in it really works FB...especially if you have a noisy environment, kids, noisy amps, noisy XYL. You get the picture. I got mine wit
Bill My mind is not playing tricks on me. During the last two SS and the ARRL 10 meter contest I have had guys come back to me with a 10-4. Generally, they are on Sunday afternoon, when I am down on
The gauntlet is thrown in the essence of pushing the technology envelope and, perhaps, not seeing another thread about how packet is unfair. A very interesting idea. However, on the posts about packe
I operated the SS last Saturday and below is an edited version of what I posted on the 3830 reflector with my SS Phone score. Everything was cool...clear as a bell frequency and well clear of the SST
Uh.....no thanks. One of the beautiful things about SS is you don't have to have big antennas on all bands. Not too many guys are set up like W9RE, WP3R, N9RV or myself to work SS. You only need to
The cost of a SO2R is minimal. My first attempts at this back in the 80s consisted of my main xcvr and an old beat up analog TS 820...with no amp on the 820. A second xcvr can be borrowed for a weeke
think Bill understates the cost requirement. If you are considering a jump to SO2R, you probably have already come a long way in building your SO1R station. If your going to do SO2R, you may as well
Tower heights and skill has nothing to do with comparison. When I hear a SO2R calling CQ on two different bands at the same time and working stations at the same time, there is something wrong with t
my local barometer is W3LL, but he doesn't know it. in the last few contests i have worked, i have used his score as an incentive to increase my skills and signal. a look at the WCSdB shows he is wor
Yet when QST needed to be "lighten ship", amazingly the three groups which took the hit were DXCCers, Contesters, and "Section News" (the field organization turf of SMs, STMs, and net managers), the