ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The Makrothen RTTY contest uses that method of scoring, as does the Stew Perry Topband Challenge contest. Bill W6WRT ____________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- It does help a lot if you use msconfig.exe to disable all non-essential programs and services. It's the multitasking that causes the choppy CW. Get rid of as muc
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:18:51 -0500, "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot@n5ot.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- It would be easier to remember 10 meters at 10 after the hour and 15 meters at 15 after
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Having a gummint which cannot find and deport 12 million illegal aliens, I'd say you have little to worry about. :-) Bill W6WRT _________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I assume you pressed the wrong key somehow. :-) Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Most likely they are type 1847, the long-life version of the venerable type 47. I changed a zillion of 'em in the olden days. Just a thought: If at all possible,
Have a look at AA5AU's RTTY website. Don lists at least one USB/serial cable which he uses with Writelog. http://www.aa5au.com/gettingstarted/rtty_start8.htm Scroll about half way down the page to th
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I would prefer the HF-2500 (which I have) because it uses triodes instead of tetrodes like the QRO. That's just a personal preference, tetrodes work fine but the
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- If he is transmitting ok but not receiving, that does not sound like an antenna problem to me. He probably has a local noise issue. Bill W6WRT __________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- My feeling is that whenever you turn your beam any significant amount you should QRL? as if you had just come on frequency. Bill W6WRT __________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:53:09 -0000, "K0HB " <k-zero-hb@earthlink.net> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I try to surrender the freq all the time but they never hear me. :-) Bill W6WRT ____
Just a reminder to those new to RTTY contesting: The JA's are not allowed to operate on the "normal" 80 meter RTTY frequencies. The JA 80 meter RTTY band is from 3520 to 3525 kHz. Drop down there fro
For a while, the ARRL had 7040 as both the QRP frequency and the RTTY DX frequency, an incredible mistake. Recently, without much fanfare, they moved the QRP freq to 7030. I will try to avoid that fr
In looking through my WW log for the last weekend, I found some interesting propagation. For example: Not a single G or DL and only one F. Several Scandanavian stations. One ZS on 40 meters (not bad
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Is there a way to view the article online without subscribing? Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@cont
Just a reminder of the JARTS RTTY contest this weekend. Rules at: http://www.edsoftz.com/JARTS/2007/rules2007.html One of my favorite contests because of the exchange, your age. Always interesting to
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:43:53 -0700, Jeff Stai <jds@twistedoak.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- For me, you don't need to answer "appropriately". After I QRL?, if I hear anything at a
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- One inexpensive trick is to get a small transformer, connect the primary across either the 220 or 115 vac line as appropriate and put the secondary in series wit
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- You can do it with two transformers too. Each one could have a 115 volt primary with a 15 volt 10 amp secondary, and just put the two in series, both primary and
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Most, if not all, the Hy-Gain rotators are notorious for the brake sticking. This has been going on for at least 15 years and probably more. They refuse to fix i