Could not agree more. I've worked almost 260 DXCC and 1500 Challenge Points with 500W and a dipole since I returned to ham radio less than three years ago. The trick is to simply ignore the spot coun
Is it just me or has the ADIF organization left the internet? Björn SM7IUN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
Thanks Neil, This seems to have happened without prior communication (except perhaps in their group) so all Google links point (and will continue to do so for some time) to adif.org. 73, Björn SM7IUN
Great to hear Mats, We'll surely beam south and try to catch that nice multiplier on as many bands as possible. 73 Björn SM7IUN @ SE9HQ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mail
I'm going to visit Washington DC next week to attend the Nobel Prize event at the House of Sweden. I am not sure how much free time I will have but it would be great to perhaps meet up with some fell
for the warm and welcoming reception I received at yesterday's meeting in the PVRC Metro Chapter. Ham radio is truly a global hobby. Björn SM7IUN _______________________________________________ CQ-Co
If your radio has RX in/RX out connectors connecting a 3dB splitter between these is a much better option. Björn SM7IUN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
I use the 6ms setting on my IC-7610 and IC-7300 feeding an ACOM amp and am able to uphold a friendly coexistence with my neighbors SA7JMA and SA7BKX 400 and 900 yards away, respectively. It may howev
You are perfectly right, Pete, Insufficient PTT lead time only causes a click at the start of transmission (unless it is QSK). Most modern PA issues a warning when this happens. With the exception of
I think the fact that Elecraft can use around 4ms and get a crisp, yet completely click-free, keying unfortunately means that the other manufacturers simply haven't bothered. Although Elecraft would
Fantastic! This is great news. Thanks to Mark and Felipe! Björn SM7IUN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/ma
There is one HUGE benefit with RBN above PSKreporter and that is latency. PSKreporter enforces an upload policy on all clients making the average spot 6 minutes old when it shows up on the web site.
I learned this when developing the FT8 skimmer solution for the Red Pitaya. It's clearly spelled out on this page https://pskreporter.info/pskdev.html so the uploader has to accumulate spots and then
Unfortunately it seems some skimmer operators use the "minimal" setting rather than "normal" for callsign validation in CW Skimmer Server. Probably because they like large spot counts. Or just out of
I am trying to get in back touch with my old friend from my NC days, Bill K3HFU. If anyone would know his email address I would be very grateful. Please respond off reflector. Thanks in advance, Björ
SE5E (which is SM5AJV on a weekday) is pretty close. Björn SM7IUN Den fre 28 maj 2021 kl 14:17 skrev Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest < cq-contest@contesting.com>: ___________________________________
A popular alternative to this, supported by several contest loggers, is to send the last received exchange as your exchange. Speaking for the development team behind http://www.dxlog.net, we would be
The week of March 27 I will be in Austin on business. My schedule is pretty busy but it has a few holes. Is there a ham radio/contest club to visit or some other way to meet some fellow contesters/dx
What does the number of spots have to do with the usefulness of the dx cluster? All modern loggers do a far better job than any human so staring at the spot flow in text form became an obsolete pract
I can vouch for this being a great opportunity. Both I and XYL had a really good time with Paul and Charlotte at HQ9X last year. Björn SM7IUN _______________________________________________ CQ-Contes