I'd like to add that this works at all levels of competition, too. It's not just reserved for guys in the top 10 in their category. Not everyone enters a contest to win. Some people compete on a very
Hank wrote this a while back, but I'll put in an observation from the recent WPX CW, as well as some other contests. If I sent a single-digit number, or a two-digit number, specially later in the con
Old message, but an important point. I always operate RTTY with headphones on, with the volume set low (to save my hearing). It's amazing the number of cues you can get from listening to the signal t
The rule differences between the CQ WW and WPX contest, as well as those between the SS and RU contests are most likely due to the same cause: The number of potential RTTY operators has historically
I'm not sure if I agree with this. There are at least four good reasons to use CW, even if it is not required for licensing: 1) DXing -- some DX is either only on CW, or is substantially easier to wo
I hate SCP. I'm often confused for AA4CR -- people hear AA4?R on phone, and they naturally pick the first thing on the list that matches. I often wish ops would spend less time looking at SCP and mor
As primarily a low power little pistol, this sort of thing happens to me all the time. I use this trick extensively. It's often surprising who isn't coming back to you, but instead to someone you can
I think I made somewhere between 50 and 100. Contest contacts are different from casual contacts. The CW proficiency required for a contest contact is very different. CW contests also seem to activat
If not "vast" then a majority. In that case, 40% not working CW isn't surprising. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur W
Except the casual contest operator who enters the CQ contests merely to expand his DXCC entities worked may not be operating at that level of detail. And imagine the frustration amoung DXers when an
Some years ago, I remember visiting the field day setup of W4GR. I had gotten there about 10 pm. They had set up several stations, and I happen to find an empty seat at the 40m SSB station. While the
It's certainly possibly for a local club to complete in the medium or unlimited categories. A local club with more than 10 entries certainly qualifies for the medium category, and with more than 50 e
Curious. This link now brings up a page with no picture, a price of $0.00, and no product description. It's like the product was nearly withdrawn. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net We
AH! I see, the extra underscore is messing this up. URL should be: http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-643 Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamr
Would they? The spotting network has code that eliminates redundant spots that usually come from network loops. If the same station is spotting every few minutes, most of the spots could be eliminate
There would be a handful of M/M stations who would likely find you from the spot -- although there is a possibility they would happen upon you by tuning if you call CQ. Self-spotting would make it a
One of the most comfortable chairs I own is like this. My parents obtained it from their church when they remodeled the Sunday school classrooms. I sit in this chair every day at meal time. I also ow
"Radio" seems to get through when nothing else will. "Lima" has no voice energy, and is often confused with "Charlie", and "Kilo". Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Web: http://boring
Ironically, people still have lots of trouble with my suffix. A few, especially europeans, have trouble with my prefix as well. For those letters to be effective, you have to be as loud as K3LR, W3LP
I'm by no means an expert in all the windows software, but I've had good success with using MMTTY and N1MM together. The integration isn't perfect, but it works well enough to be effective. Bill Cole