HB says: In the midst of a contest, I copy what is sent and I must trust what the other OP is sending, not what the CT automagic field-populator thinks is correct. KU replies: Yes (except sometimes i
VE3SY said: "This whole thread would die if the original poster would simply provide the VE2 callsign. We could then confirm where that operation was located." Paul, as the originator (perpetrator?)
KI9A's suggestion to allow packet for all single op's, while not unique, does seem to represent, so far, a minority opinion. Perhaps if he and the others who agree with him persist, then they will so
Another belated posting from NAQP CW. I had a small run going. Worked a guy, but the timing was a tiny bit funny. Next guy, timing was even more off. Sure enough, another station was running close to
Alternate subject: Belated apology Back in NAQP CW I was on for a few hours Saturday night. (I've been too busy to post this since then.) I was calling CQ and got the beginning of a response when K1D
I guess I need somebody to review my text before I post here. I do not know how I gave the impression that I was complaining that K1DG came back faster than I was sending, or that he called late. All
Not that I really care about the issue, but in the discussion here about Skimmer W2UP said "There's no question the forward march of technology cannot be stopped." Yes, we contesters really have insi
People discussing carry-on ham radios might find interesting the www.washingtonpost.com article "Clarity Sought on Electronics Searches; Travelers' Devices Seized at Border". If copy-and-paste works,
Hmm. Perhaps I was wrong about "RAC". K4BAI is near the top of the long list of people to whose wisdom I generally defer. 73, Art K3KU And I always thought that "RAC" meant "raw alternating current"
THIS IS FACETIOUS. DO NOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. I only had a few hours to fool around in the Test. With my weak 100W-and-a-dipole, I went around calling the loud guys. No packet!! Sunday morning I worke
I, too, was momentarily confused by PY5/OK5MM's "5NN AK". It must have taken me four or five seconds to work it out (He can't be in Alaska, and that part of the report is supposed to be numerals. So
If you are not loud, then "Kilo" will not hack it. You must use "Kilowatt" to get thru. I am an expert on this one :>) 73, Art Keeloowatt Thureee Keelowaatt Yoooneeformm (..."the K3 again, please..."
"I operate with different calls (the host's call) from each station. All the radios are unique to each station, keeping in line with the one call per transmitter rule. I enter separate logs for each
A nostalgic sidebar (and a weak attempt to divert the reflector from the current threads). In case there are any newcomers out there who do not get the reference, "tune for maximum fun" is derived fr
I was fooling around back in NAQP CW. Working 40M, N2MM asked me to QSY to 15M. OK. I moved up to the specified freq but I did not know the etiquette: who calls whom. I guessed that since I was the a
"I will be active along with Rod, KE0A and a few others from the University of North Dakota Club Station in Grand Forks for the phone part of Sweepstakes." Maybe you would like to brush up on the Mor
I had trouble copying a certain guy's call in SS CW. I was befuddled by sleep deprivation, and I can't even remember if I was CQing or S&P. I do remember that I knew I had typed in the wrong call, an
Thanks for the on-line and private opinions. NA5TR (who opined not to consider it busted) reframed the question: Do you get a penalty for >>logging<< a busted call, or for >>claiming<< a QSO with a b
I couple of the replies to "Did I bust the call?" MIGHT be read to imply that they thouight I wanted to change the log after the contest. Just to be clear, NO WAY! I was only asking if it were ethica
N6KI said "Be sure the one U buy uses an Opt Coupler typr device and not descrete transistor(s) - The Optos are far more reliable !!!" Gee, the 2N398A germanium PNP and the whatever NPN used in the o