K0TO: opportunity to do the things you write of in your second paragraph below. The only thing that they can do is hamper your ability to compare your results with others who choose to operate in the
Perhaps it's underwhelming because it doesn't address the primary issue...is Skimmer Unassisted or Assisted? If I entered Unassisted (sans Skimmer) but someone else who entered Unassisted (with Skimm
This is incomplete but probably statistically significant data. Both sets of data are from the single-op all band Final Summaries on 3830 (excludes multiops, single band, etc). Contest sponsors have
K1TTT replied: that increases interest in cw should be considered a good thing. Nothing else is going to get more operators on cw now that its not required to get a license. What else recently has br
VE4ZT: accept it if Skimmer is deemed to be equivalent to packet? Not only equivalent but *indistinguishable* from Packet by log-checking software. If Skimmer is OK for single-op unassisted, and you
only thing that matters. We are not making money in contesting and it has to be maximum fun for majority. If the packet-like effect of Skimmer and most of the contesters' opposition to it will be cle
N4ZR: They don't seem to have done so this time at ARRL - I lost credit for every unique (7 I think, not counting busted calls)), including at least 5 that are confirmed to be active calls by QRZ. De
DF3KV: possible to reach 80db rejection, but without it I will be lost again. You didn't say which waterfall software you were using but obviously not CW Skimmer (on SSB). CW Skimmer has automatic im
I was one of the stations on W4ZT's 3655 Wall of Shame list. The only problem I have with his list is that it appears you remain on it forever...even after you fix your harmonic. Here's how I fixed m
KM0O: an $1100 radio than a fully loaded K3 worth close to $4000. But a K3 doesn't need to be fully loaded. A basic K3/100 for $1850 will run large circles around an IC-7200...and it even weighs 4 po
Interesting that the same number 14% appeared in both of these polls! 73, Bill W4ZV SWIM SUITS : Should the hi-tech swim suits be banned? Yes - 86% No - 14% Total Votes: 3698 Poll date: 29/07/09 h
So far I see only 2 DX and zero USA entries: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call QSOs Zones Cntry hr Score Club Non-USA Single Op Xtreme HP OL5Q(OK1HRA) 1562 60 220 19 7
K1TN wrote (regarding WX3B's 3830 post referenced below): http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/2009-December/186529.html I agree Jim! This is what's so neat about contests. You discover propaga
K2DB: I'm afraid the "fat fingers" were by whoever did the summary. Actual scores reported by the two stations were: Call: KC1XX Summary: Total: QSOs = 1890 Sections = 79 Countries = 58 Total Score =
K5ZD: Me too! Without going into my log I recall it recovered very quickly on 10m. My rates don't look much different than I would expect for the second day around 16-17z, given that this is the time
KE1FO replied: most mults by working the most q's, which you don't do when you're hunting down mults on packet. And even if you do work more mults by using packet, you won't work as many q's as the u
Has anyone else noticed this? With <2 weeks remaining for CQ WW log submissions there have been a grand total of SEVEN entries and ZERO from the continental US. Where's the BEEF? I thought this was t
The problem with your analysis is that you're comparing across different geographical regions. For example 10 and 15m propagation from Tunisia is not as good as from the southern hemisphere. This is
This may be old news to some but I just discovered it at the top of the CQ 160 CW Logs Received page: http://pileup.ru/cqww160/top.php This listing is a merged list of both 3830 scores and actual log
N4ZR: <<http://custommetalworks.com/products/products.htm>http://custommetalworks.com/products/products.htm>. After a little thought I reverse-engineered the design and had a neighbor who does race-c