ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a huge discussion about a year ago on what "average" power is. Some felt it was the same as RMS power and some didn't. RM
I'm not Tom but please allow me to respond anyway. Nonsense. More nonsense. No. In the US at least, all stations are held to the same standards regarding bandwidth. A QRP station a kilometer away spl
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When it comes to rare QSLs, I live in the least desired state in the least desired country in the world, with the possible exceptio
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That is the reason why LOTW was created. As of today, I have uploaded 52,288 QSOs to LOTW. If I've ever worked someone, the confirm
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Even I would QSL that one! :-) 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@co
Alright, but the other ham should also not assume that I send out QSLs just for the fun of it. Call me an old grump if you like, but I resent this pressure put on us hams mostly by the ARRL to send Q
I like colorful cards too, but a .jpg image by email is just fine. Maybe better, because it isn't limited to postcard size. Make it as big and as much detail and information as you like. Agreed. I ha
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And that is part of the problem. Some stations just crank out QSLs by the gross whether they need a confirmation or not. Many times
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What I don't get is why they feel they need to append /QRP to the CALLSIGN. It's not part of their call at all, unlike a location i
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, at least they brought him food. :-) Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co
I don't mind them sending QRP, just not part of the callsign. W6WRT QRP would be fine. Yes, of course. :-) In fact try K0HB/noRX and you will hear them direct. Bill, W6WRT ___________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ummm...maybe. Please keep in mind however, there are no "CW bands". In the US, CW is allowed anywhere in any band. The same is not
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CW ops can work any frequency, RTTY ops can not. For them, 14.150 is not a limit. Bill, W6WRT _____________________________________
P49X. He operated the whole contest yesterday and has been handing out 17 meters all day today. Still going as I write. Whew! Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No, it was a discussion about the "CW sub-bands", which do not exist. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ C
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: Correct. Correct, and there is one other problem with having AFC on during S&P: While you are tuning, your AFC will reach out and tune in the other station before your TX is tuned i
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are S&Ping with AFC on, you should also have NET on, assuming you are using AFSK. That works fine. The problem comes if one
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your concerns are quite justified. When I'm CQing with AFC on there are times when two stations of near equal strength but slightly
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: Right. That's how it's supposed to work. That is the main problem. Sooner or later, an AFSK user will mis-set his drive level and cause problems. With FSK that doesn't happen. Anoth