~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ International broadcasting should be moved to the VHF/UHF region and be done by satellite. HF is a poor medium for such purposes. 73, Bill W6WRT ____
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's already on the internet. http://www.dxworld.com/sw_live.html Your local hunter-gatherer living in a mud hut may not have DSL yet, but he can loo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking way down the road, I believe wireless will replace wire for nearly all of the communications we do today. A couple of generations from now pe
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When they "pretend not to hear us" and at the same time, you work folks on that frequency that they don't, I suspect they have a VFO problem, either
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will probably be surprised at how much activity there is. During the previous solar cycle at about this same point (pitiful SFI) I worked over 50
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ward is right about unusual propagation, especially noticeable on CW. Listen around dawn, before the band is really open and you'll hear some scatter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm sure all us OTs have similar stories to tell about ten meters. My most memorable contact was from my QTH on the USA west coast to Finland with th
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Better what? Very long wavelength dipoles have strong directivity and deep nulls, not a good thing if you can't rotate it. For a world wide contest I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Very possible. I've heard aurora on six meters with its buzzy, raspy sound. I don't recall hearing that on the ten meter contact but I understand the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The soul of a true DXer. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://list
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well said Mal. I know we're swimming against the tide, but contesting should NEVER allow packet or any kind of spotting assistance other than another
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because the category is POWER, not Effective Radiated Power, but you point is well taken. I think it's long overdue to rethink contest categories ove
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your focus is on personnel; mine is on hardware. I believe there should be a combination of both. 73, Bill W6WRT ____________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bartender, I'll have whatever he's having, but maybe not quite so strong. :-) 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the most part you are correct. The only exception might be if you participated in a QRP contest running max legal power. You co
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 99.9% of the time I do work dupes, but I have the B4 macro ready just for the guy that dupes me the third time in ten minutes. It h
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can't go wrong with an Astron. My RS-35 has been running steady for over ten years now. The last year it has been powering an IC-74
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Publish the callsign here. 2. Report it to the contest committee. 3. cc the station. Don't let 'em hide. 73, Bill W6WRT ________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And people wonder why this stuff continues. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list
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