- 21. [CQ-Contest] CQ 160 Post Mortem (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:57:33 -0800
- I could not be more pleased with KY7M?s performance at my station in the CQ 160 Contest (1,119-57-34-326,417). He even outscored the West Coast King of 160 (N6TR) who operated 6.5 hours more and was
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-01/msg00470.html (7,604 bytes)
- 22. [CQ-Contest] QSL Printing WAS (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:40:15 -0800
- Just got this note from UX5UO. He does a very good job (and very inexpensive) printing of my QSL's for the last few years. I have no interest in his business, just passing this along. Design/print of
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-02/msg00029.html (7,303 bytes)
- 23. [CQ-Contest] Open Letter to CAC (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:22:36 -0800
- Mike Gibson, KH6ND, Pacific Division Rep Box 31193 Honolulu, HI 96820 kh6nd@hawaii.rr.com There have finally been some excellent suggestions offered on the Contest Reflector to cure the age-old issue
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-02/msg00392.html (7,731 bytes)
- 24. Re: [CQ-Contest] Open Letter to CAC (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:44:57 -0800
- With all due respect, that is the mantra of complacency. Try: If it ain't broke, continually improve it. Make it MORE attractive to the casual operator and would-be contester. Tom Taormina, K5RC Virg
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-02/msg00419.html (8,651 bytes)
- 25. [CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:30:34 -0800
- C'mon guys. The premier, biggest, best and most prestigious DX Contest, CQWW, has the dumbest exchange. There isn't a piece of software made that does not automatically assign the zone number based o
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-02/msg00425.html (7,569 bytes)
- 26. Re: [CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:24:52 -0800
- Dumbing-down contests. Now there is an oxymoron. Contest exchanges have pushed the envelope of technology with prefill files, exchange guessing and embedded log entries in contest programs. K5ZD's su
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-02/msg00482.html (9,581 bytes)
- 27. [CQ-Contest] Cheating with Technology (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <Tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:09:23 -0700
- You forgot a big one, Dick. We cheated by using technology to fly to the Moon. We should have used wooden boats and sails. Tom Taormina, K5RC Virginia City Nevada http://k5rc.cc NACHO-W7RN RANN-K7RC
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-03/msg00293.html (8,143 bytes)
- 28. [CQ-Contest] Skimming Along (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:32:08 -0700
- I am not taking one side or another on this one, I just have two questions. First, will banning skimmers also include banning band scopes (panadaptors), waterfall displays and computer images from th
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-04/msg00537.html (8,843 bytes)
- 29. [CQ-Contest] WinTest in 7QP (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Taormina" <tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:50:55 -0700
- I have discovered a way to use WinTest this weekend. There is one state QSO party in the menu, The Texas QSO Party from Texas. I opened the tx_cnty.dat file using WordPad and deleted its content (aft
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-05/msg00052.html (7,675 bytes)
- 30. [CQ-Contest] Non Malicious Interference (score: 1)
- Author: "K5RC" <tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:07:52 -0800
- There was a time on Sunday afternoon on 20 when K0TO called CQ repeatedly on top of W7RN. There were stations calling K0TO that went unanswered. Matt put out a packet appeal asking Todd to check his
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-11/msg00408.html (8,298 bytes)
- 31. [CQ-Contest] Shack Air Flow (score: 1)
- Author: "K5RC" <tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:48:45 -0800
- I went to single-band amps earlier this year and mounted them in a closet next to the shack with the front panels mounted in the wall. I put a bathroom exhaust fan in the room venting up into the cei
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-11/msg00440.html (8,251 bytes)
- 32. [CQ-Contest] "Ham" Manufacturers (score: 1)
- Author: "K5RC" <tom@k5rc.cc>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:08:36 -0800
- I posted this on the Emtron reflector. I have gotten so much positive response that I thought I would share it with Contesting.com. Let's do talk dispassionately about the topic of hams running manuf
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2008-12/msg00293.html (10,908 bytes)
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