Why do so many think "Phone is easier"? I sure find phone harder to copy, and for me SS SSB is harder work than is SS CW. I finally had the "Well, duh" moment after the thread died out. It's because
"What did we talk about before Skimmer :-) 73 "Tom W7WHY" 1. How to find true north. 2. Mounting fake owls on the mast to keep birds off the beam. 73, Art K3KU _______________________________________
I just got around to looking at the SS CW 2012 final results. Way too many errors in copying and typing. Worst of all, I typed "N9RS" instead of "K9RS" ... and lost the Delaware multiplier. Rats! Any
I posted earlier about messing up my log keeping in SSCW and losing the Delaware multiplier and, hence, my Sweep. I asked "Anybody want a Clean Sweep mug?" I got lots of good advice that I deserved t
First -- I thank all who kindly commended my morals/honesty/integrity. I guess those of us who think this is the natural way to act will never understand those who don't; and vice versa. I recall quo
I find myself disagreeing with K8MR. What am I doing wrong? "2.? For operators of merely human abilities, callsign error rates are a function of how good you are at watching SuperCheckPartial. Not pu
Going to the source, the Rules on the ARRL web site: "6.9. Batteries may be charged while in use. Except for Class D stations [i.e., home stations], the batteries must be charged from a power source
There it is, folks! http://www.kkn.net/stew/2013SummerStew.txt Twenty-six QSOs (in 56 minutes) for ZERO net points. A record that will never be beaten (except in the Poisson d'Avril, where I think yo
Many recommendations here for dictating machine footswitches. Where do you get them? Aren't those machines going extinct? BTW, I have two footswitches that O got (I think) from Radio Shack about 1969
We (that is, myself, with the help of W5OV) have been thru this before. See the thresad around http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2010-12/msg00076.html. 73, Art K3KU ______________
Seeing J's VY1JA update for SS CW posted here tells me that it's time to make my own announcement. (Glad to have you back, J. We'll be looking for you.) K3KU will not be in SS CW 2013 (Gasp!!). After
I vaguely recall a mention here of one aspect of KH6IJ's (SK) gentlemanliness: He would keep on going in SS after he ran out of time, just to give more people the multiplier. I was thinking about tha
Not to jump into any of the thread-that-will-not-die on Packet/Skimmer/Witchcraft vs. "A Boy and His Radio" (Copyright K0HB), but you might find this long article interesting. http://www.theatlantic.
I'd like to contact him. Can anybody provide the address (off-line)? TU 73, Art K3KU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.con
I'll be in El Paso next weekend, by Westwind Drive and Escondido Drive. Does anybody know of a station around there where I might drop by for an hour or so Saturday evening/night to make a couple of
Sittin' in El Paso on a Saturday night, with no place to QRV NAQP SSB.* A qstion arises on the NAQP Rules. "9. Station: All radio transmitters, .... Use of multiple stations during the contest, wheth
Time for a little lightness. Driving down the interstate yesterday I saw a car with Illinois (let's say) vanity plate: CK 67. "OK," I thought, "pse ur NR, PREC, es CALL?" 73, Art K3KU _______________
This thread has been thoroughly twisted and untwisted, but I just saw this amusing news story that backs up my COMPLETELY NEUTRAL (i.e., do not flame me!) point: http://www.wtop.com/109/3662477/Trave
K0HB asks "Why does anyone care how you get 100W?" I was wondering the same thing, even way back when I first saw the rule against dialing the amplifier back to LP level. My guess: Hans and I are so
In the current thread here about getting Ham Radio stuff through customs and airport security, K2DBK mentions "...I think the point of this is not to say 'do you have a legitimate reason to have that