Re: sending off dupes.. On CW, understand that a fair percentage of the folks you work can't copy 100% at the speed you're sending. Many of them only got your call & exchange because they listened to
Since someone has obviously been talking about me<g> Yes, it was really W9WI. At least in my copy of the regs, 3.794 is still a legal frequency for LSB emissions, and to the best of my knowledge, it
Just a quick clarification.. It is very possible AD1C tried to inform me I was in a DX Window. Several unidentified stations did so. (once the jamming started, it is entirely possible AD1C and/or som
I'd kinda like to hear from the programmers (K8CC, N6TR, etc.); is it even *possible* to write a reliable native Windows contest program with the features we expect? Contest software does more direct
I see ON4UN and another DX operator noted in the SSB contest something that bothered me in the CW one two weeks ago. To wit, the blatant theft of run frequencies. I understand the operator who honest
Just a reminder: the Tennessee QSO Party is this Sunday, September 28, 1800-0100z. Exchange RS(T) and state/province/country (county if you're in TN). Recommended frequencies are 1815 and 40KHz up on
The tone is rather abrasive & the spelling could use some help but... to some degree, the complainant has a point.. as it does appear many of the RTTY operators were *not* listening before transmitt
sleep bit Agreed. After a brief semi-night's sleep at K4VX, I've usually found a brisk walk around the antenna farm is good both for the brain and for the (badly atrophied...) body.... In general, on
Weird. I'll be rereading the 1996 TQP rules & trying to figure out why this didn't happen last year! As suggested by someone else, this runs into the county hunters & QRPers. Rather than move the re
And write off CW contesting on 40! Seriously, any part of this spectrum we open to U.S. SSB will promptly become chock full of regular activity. Activity that won't go away just because CW SS or CW W
It also had consequences for the DX stations. If I heard a DX station end a QSO without signing, I called him. And 2/3 of the time, it turned out to be a dupe. If the DX had IDd, I would have tuned
About an hour before the end of SS, I was CQing on 80 when a strong station (a known contester & good op) called. Sent him my exchange, went back to receive, and all I got back was a ?. Sent it again
Hmmm. I may not have nearly as many DX QSLs as Fred but of over 25,000 QSOs since January 1991, I'm 100% QSL for all first QSOs with that call on that band/mode too. Maybe it's something in the wate
Well, it becomes obvious after a few hundred QSOs that about 30-40% of the people you're working can't really copy CW at the speed you're sending; they're getting your exchange only because you keep
Fully agreed. Is the Olympic champion in the 100m dash not a real champion because he couldn't run the marathon? We compete where we feel our strengths are. IMHO any category is valid as long as ther
Are we going to regret scheduling the 1998 Tennessee QSO Party on September 20? It *looks* like that only collides with the WA Salmon Run, Scandanavian Activity Contest, and 10GHz Cumulatives. Is the
before If (as Bill said) we're asked to slow down, most of us are happy to do just that. (there are a few who can't find the CW speed keys on their computers! They'll lose a few QSOs for that -- bein
I'm using a computer multimedia headset. (Labtec C-315,though if I were to do it again I'd get a stereo one -- this one has only one earpiece) Cheap, easy to buy (and replace if necessary -- I usual
Or the Midwest, for that matter. I've never worked a VHF test from the East Coast, but from the postings I get the impression they're a totally different contest. Some of the rules apparently necess
I'll bet someone else out there has run into this one... K0LUZ CQing on one frequency (say 28010), K5NU CQing about 200Hz lower. K0LUZ ends a CQ, and I dump in my call. Both LUZ and NU send "W9WI 5NN