I received the following error report from ARRL Cabrillo robot which made me laugh. I omitted ARRL section, abbreviated Roundup to RU and added known keywords -POWER RTTY to category line. I stand by
I am looking forward to the day when Bruce, ZF2NT learns to use UP for RX. I was lectured in CW pile-up when I tried tailend calling technique which works fine with better contesters. 73 de Mario, S5
Low band receiving antenna efficiency is limited by outside noise which should be received some 10 dB stronger then own RX noise. This is very easy to achieve with any of the present solid state RX
We assume that atmospheric noise is evenly distributed in the space around us. Very directional and efficient antenna will exibit high gain and pickup that much MORE noise. Inefficient antenna will
Having consulted OC Matjaz, S53MV, I must make the following correction: Directivity has NO influence on received isotropic noise power. Received signal to isotropic noise ratio is therefore independ
The latest ARRL test of ICOM 756 PRO II shows reasonable HF RX sensitivity figures. Also notice significant PLL noise reduction. IMD3 leaves about 10 dB room for improvement. Most of the previous tes
Wonderful news! Now my Italian friends can legally use 3CX6000 with 7V/78A for heating :-) 73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU Footer** stesso o prohibited statements the contents -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://li
Unfortunately this is not the case but it is not known to many hams! 100 W radio uses 200 W pair of transistors which exibit minimum distortion levels at half power output. Spurious transmitter produ
K3LR wrote: Bob, K3EST was living in K3ZO's house at the time and K3TW was there as well. I remember visiting ZO's house with Dr. Pepper bottles everywhere and two Drake B-lines that were always lit,
WD4K wrote: Orion/Loaded 1000MP, the Orion makes my beloved MP, look, sound and feel like an old toy. JA toys usually look and feel better then USA counterparts :-) MP sound can be greatly improved b
These were the days of packet radio and DX Cluster beginings. DL had a clear tech advantage which is leveled now by internet. WAE tries to promote tough low band DX by higher mults. Spoting helps EU
K4OJ wrote: A contester takes on other contesters in the hopes that he is engaging in a fair battle - a level playing field if you will. There are two possible approaches to contesting: Olympian with
Number 29. The Olympians Insofar as competition is the measure of oneself against another, it entails the view that the other is more important than oneself. Otherwise, it would be sufficient to meas
Feel free to enter your comments about hamradio as an unique competition at: http://www.philosophers.co.uk/cgi-local/discus/show.cgi?10/36 73 de Mario, S56A, N1YU, HF competitor with a lot of fun jus
K3FT wrote: A YM with packet will NEVER beat at OM with packet. Please note that WRTC-2002 #4 place was taken by WWYC team who participated for the first time in the event! The first three places wer
WWYC N4GI wrote: I think the legalization of automatic self-spotting is the only rational answer. What a piece of wisdom from YM! 10 minutes limit per self-spot will do. Easy to program... 73 de Mari
K5NA wrote: Using packet (assisted) doesn't mean you will always (absolutely) be beaten by the single-op purists. You just have to use packet smartly and be a good operator to win as assisted. This N
perpetration of the ABSOLUTE DISGRACE called 'packet', I say shame shame on you. OC Jim, you might have developed a different view of the freedom of information provided by internet and packet (and