ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well said, Bud. Far and away my favorite contest mode too. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
Just had a long chat with W7AY on 7085 using very narrow RTTY. We started out with 170 Hz shift and then went to 23 Hz. I transmitted a canned macro (the word TEST repeated 36 times) at 100 watts, th
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, but. Perhaps as long as you are simply importing adif files into a logging program there will be no problem. Don't, however, t
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Art. As I recall, I was trying to transfer N1MM to Writelog. I'll keep your ideas in mind but hopefully there won't be a ne
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If I'm the contester I'll move. It's not worth getting into a frequency fight over. On the other hand, if it was a *contester* tryi
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've heard the decline of ham radio blamed on a lot of things but this is the first time the culprit has been identified as poor "s
Wondering... For those who like to change bands a lot. Rather than spend between five and ten thousand dollars for an auto-tune amp like the 87a or similar, why not build separate amps for each band
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That would be good too if you can keep the lead lengths down. Also, a relay to switch the plate end of the pi net would have to be
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It sure would. This shows how carefully things have to be worded when making rules. Perhaps stating the gain equivalent would be be
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Because many people operate contests in order to get QSL cards, not necessarily for the competition. The fact that many of the ARRL
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That is certainly a good part of it, but we also need to focus on electing directors who mirror our views. A lot of them don't, app
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since when is a rhombic four wires unless you make it that way? One piece of wire will do just fine unless you want it terminated,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's about *us*. Part 97.1 should reflect what We The People want and need and not what the gummint wishes to impose on us. A coupl
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quite possibly carpal tunnel syndrome. I am told that the operation is almost always 100% successful and, the fix is permanent. Onc
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You're making some assumptions about my attitude that are incorrect. First, when I spoke of "We the People", I meant all Americans,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wouldn't it be better to state the "antenna must have gain no greater than a half-wave dipole or a 1/4 wave vertical in their most
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I worked at a major electronics manufacturer we had a very experienced industrial RN who's opinion I trusted. She said carpal
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What kind of antenna do you have? A. Full wave dipole. Q. Nope. Q. What kind of antenna do you have? A. Half wave vertical. Q. N
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The gummint is "us" if we are constantly vigilant to make it so. Leave the officials alone for a while and they tend to drift into
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High expectations are half the fun. Would you enter a contest if you'd been told you don't have a snowball's chance in hell? Even w