Author: alannottage--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:10:37 -0500
..and modern radios didn't sound like they were being operated from inside a shoe-box :>) Al G0XBV I wish radio manufacturers would get on board and commit to implementing IMD correction like this: h
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:03:23 +0000 (UTC)
Yes, Ed is 100% correct. Under the terms of the US-Canada agreement, visitor must identify using his or her call sign followed by a call area suffix, e.g. VE3ABC/W9 or N1ABC/VE3. http://www.rac.ca/en
Author: k1zm--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:54:06 -0500
For years, it has been ably demonstrated by our friends who frequent the Caribbean to operate during one of the majors, that salt water is truly magical. A salt water (beach) takeoff can be a real as
Author: alannottage--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:44:28 -0500
Oh, sweet music, Jim. That you have said this, folks may take note. A lot of 'runners' already have, of course, but a lot of S+P audio i.e from 'callers' is getting woeful. The less operator Qs, the
Author: alannottage--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:22:14 -0400
Pretty much all stateside runners sounded great this past weekend. Lots of callers too. Those settings from Jim are the way to go IMHO. If you've already made them, don't touch that dial! :>) Al G0XB
Author: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:36:42 -0400
I echo Dave's advice. I also use one computer. one monitor, and one keyboard, along with a Top Ten Box for switching. Software is N1MM +. It works well. I tend to switch the audio manually using the
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:07:05 -0400
For the AC3U (@K4VV) WPX SSB effort, we are going to try turning on the cqcontest.net reporting from N1MM Classic, which the station is still on. Mainly just to play with something new, partly to see
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:02:40 +0000 (UTC)
Because it turns contesting into a competition with spectators, because it makes the competition more competitive, because it motivates people...for all the reasons most sports are public events. Rud
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 20:18:10 -0400
From my experience, the decision to spot is largely a judgement of what one thinks would be interesting for somebody to work. In my time at the K8AZ multiop efforts, when on the multiplier station, o
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:55:27 -0400
dS = dQ/T 73, AB1J In a message dated 2015-03-28 11:21:55 P.M. Coordinated Universal Ti, pokane@ei5di.com writes: <snip> When amateur radio becomes just one more cog in the Internet of Things, it wil
Author: jpescatore--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:27:18 -0400
At the AC3U (@K4VV) multi-mulit effort in WPX SSB, K4XD got the CQCONTEST reporting set up and we found that seeing the ebb flow of our score vs. NE1C was definitely a boon to keeping butts in chairs
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:56:53 -0400
I was sick all weekend and operated just a bit in the contest: 44 Qs for a CHECKLOG. To keep from just lying around feeling sorry for myself, I often checked the live scores site. There were a few st
Author: Tony Brock-Fisher via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:16:48 -0400
Today's mail brought the CQ 2013 World Wide DX Contest Plaque naming Yankee Clipper Contest Club Winner, World - Club SSB/CW, W1WY Memorial Award. On behalf of the club, I would like to express deep
Author: George Schultz via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:16:52 -0400
Umm, what's this--a little jab below the Mendoza Line, here? "You and Jim can continue to enjoy time in your local junk yard, looking for 386 and 486 desktop computers that still work." Let's see...s
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 07:36:29 -0400
O brave new world, Larsen lives. I just saw him down at the K-Mart the other day. Looked hearty and healthy, but wouldn't look me in the eye. 73, Ken, AB1J To CQ Contest: This press release appeared
Author: KB8N via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 12:53:17 -0400
This is part of the exciting "log pre-fill app" that will soon be available! Just enter the score you want, and the software fills in the appropriate number of calls and mults! In a message dated 4/1
Author: Scott Pederson via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:50:04 +0000 (UTC)
Interestingly,I also saw there is an optional module for the hardcore contester that upgrades the core components to include a "Voice Stress Analysis" module. This, when combined with the color-coded
Author: K4XS via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 06:29:22 -0400
On the SSB skimmers. It will really be interesting if a voice skimmer can decipher what I can't...nasty overmodulated, fuzzy crappy audio that seems to be the new vogue for SSB. Randy said it right,
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 13:08:37 +0000 (UTC)
There are different ways to skimmer the cat and some of them do not require voice recognition technology. It is entirely possible that each transmitter and amplifier produce a unique RF fingerprint t
Author: alannottage--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 09:30:53 -0400
I'm glad you mentioned this, Randy. When voice keyers first became popular, the audio from them was often ropey (not news). Now in 2015 (2014 if I include CQWW SSB) I'm starting to hear the opposite.