Yep. Just like golf. Great idea. I like it since I only compete with myself anyway. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico" _____________________
After reviewing a few of my past log UBN reports, I decided to find out where I was busting calls. So I started working out with RUFZ-XP and made several interesting discoveries. The first culprit is
Guess I'm an OOTC, too. EGREGIOUS has always meant distinguished or eminent to me. Guess all that "egregious" Latin in my teen years is too blame. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little
age, deed >restrictions or anything of the sort. Those are excuses that people like to use Gentlemen, You can dismiss the deed restriction epidemic as an excuse but I am here to tell you that in Flo
The ocean does marvelous things for signals. I'm oceanfront here on the southern tip of my island and have ocean and bay takeoffs in all directions except NNW. I can run LP or QRP on 40M with the bea
Software is always a moving target for the documentation team. My documentation group always shuddered when they heard those "Eureka's" from the programming group. And the poor customer service group
Same here. Love TRLOG, and ran it for many years on a WIN95 and then a WIN98 machine without any problems, but all my systems are now XP Pro, and N1MM is pretty slick, and with the EL keyer, sends go
Reminds me of that old ARRL cartoon, "Love them dits!!" If he planned it for a lot of discussion and spotting, it worked! Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little piece of paradise in th
Chris makes a very good point. It seems that in our ham lives, when we were younger with work, families, and kids, we had to ration the time we could dedicate to contests. We dream of that day when
I don't think it has anything to do with copying CW. It has to do with fat fingers and guys like me who learned hunt and peck typing. I sometimes hit the "O" instead of the "0" in normal operation.
Florida is one of the leaders in CC&R's that in many cases actually restrict "Amateur Radio" by name in the Covenants, not to mention the Homeowners committees that become small zoning authorities un
This statement is patently untrue. The integration of computer communication technologies has revolutionized our equipment. If you use a computer with your rig, you are using that little RS-232 or U
Naw. Those are the drivers for the water cooled amps! Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico" _______________________________________________ CQ-
Same experience here. I've run a home network of more than 10 computers through iterations of Windows for workgroups through the years up thru XP Pro. I bought Windows Vista Ultimate and had sorry ex
I remember my "TO" HB keyer and those 12AX7's and telephone relays I used that could be heard throughout my house. My parents could always tell when I was operating instead of sleeping on school nigh
I agree that virtual systems are resource hogs. I can remember running WIN98 as a task under under NT. Interesting scenario, but SLOOOOW. In my case, I simply put in an additional disk drive with fu
Warren, You have stated eloquently the crux of the matter. This same situation is found in virtually every competition where those who want to win at any cost will always find a way to cheat the rule
;-) Ah, nice tower. I'm going out this afternoon and play a round of golf. Jon Hamlet, W4ZW Casey Key Island, Florida "A little piece of paradise in the Gulf of Mexico" No virus found in this outgoi
I still have my TS-950SDX/SM230 which is a great radio. I did think my TS-930SAT was the best until I spent an afternoon with a FT-1000D many years ago. Sold the TS-930SAT the next day. Jon Hamlet, W
I can comment on these two since I have both. I will add another very good compact radio, the Kenwood TS-50. I have all three. The Kenwood is an older model and available in the used market for a ba