Paul, In 1893 the car built by Charles and Frank Duryea was the first gasoline powered car in America. Basically we should be teaching drivers education using these machines then? 73 de Bob - KØRC in
Here we go again!... Nothing is forced upon you. Just don't enter those contests. Go play golf or do something that doesn't irritate you. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN -- Original Message -- From: "Ron Nota
I consider Field Day more of a radio activity than a contest. I do know many use it as an opportunity for contest training and try to be competitive. Overall I think Field Day and its rules shed ligh
For those interested in "slicing and dicing" the statistics from Martin's website, I created an Excel workbook with the information. There are sorting buttons that may help identify trends or whateve
Rev 1.0.1 has been uploaded and adds some functionality. The workbook will now count the special AC, R1, R2, and R3 QSOs too. An error counter has been added to the ZoneCheck worksheet so you don't h
I created a new Excel workbook for IARU contest logs. This tool will identify inconsistencies in logging IARU zone numbers. You can download the tool from here: http://tinyurl.com/267ordj This workbo
For those people interested in slicing and dicing the WRTC team performances, I have added a Scores worksheet to this Excel workbook. The data was downloaded from the WRTC website: http://ru.wrtc2010
For the record, I agree with Doug and Ward regarding re-working your log after the contest is over. With the exception of making notes on-the-fly and applying these corrections later, I typically gen
Jim... Your comments about actual on the air experience reminded me of my own frustrations a while back. I had been using the Morse Runner application extensively for a long time (nightly for several
My first thought on this was that those stations with low spot numbers were Running more than they were CQing. As far as I know, the RBN spots any station it hears sending two CQs and a callsign. If
I added N4ZR's Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) statistics to the 2010 IARU Excel workbook. Crunch away! Here's the link to version 1.0.4: http://tinyurl.com/267ordj 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN My first thoug
QSL Hank... I think the "internal rules" of the Skimmers will be important to sort out the different results. I know they have different settings before spotting a station. So there would be an impac
"7. Skimmers only spot callsigns that are accompanied by certain keywords, such as CQ, TEST, etc. If I send TU AB7E at the end of a contact in a run (as I usually do) I probably won't trigger a Skimm
If / when the individual logs are released I will add them to the 2010 IARU workbook I created. Having the exact details about each station should provide endless hours of "what if'ing" and data mini
According to their new website: http://www.sactest.net/ "Due to a very huge collision with CQ WW RTTY DX Contest we have decided to move the SSB part of SAC to the second full weekend of October." Pe
Yesterday I received a message from Jim, KØJUH with a nifty Excel workbook he designed. He call it the "NEW PJ ENTITIES WFWL SCORECARD." His goal was to have a handy reference to see which bands/mode
This is an updated link where you will find the most current revision of the PJ Scorecard. Select the most recent revision for download by hovering your mouse pointer over an icon to reveal the file
An updated PJ WFWL Scorecard is available at: http://tinyurl.com/24u3a2m The PJ4D station was operating the JARTS RTTY contest this weekend and was working 10 meters. A new column has been added to a
Having used a bandscope on my transceivers during the past 15 years, I can tell the difference between CW, RTTY, and SSB just by looking at the scope. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN _________________________
hmmm... looks fishy to me... two Ukraine spots within 12 minutes of each other. Neither of which show up in your (revealed) log segment as worked. Or do they show up in your log properly but specific