Not a good idea, myself and others don´t have computer interfaces with their radios. And I don´t see the reason to install one for participating in a contest. My main rigs are Drake Twin
I wonder why in this case W9SZ would go and look at the log? 73 Peter I don't see it as a mistake. DXpedition A works W9SG on CW but logs it as W9SZ. W9SZ goes and looks at the complete logs, sees al
That does not sound logical to me, who searches a dx expedition log for the possibility they made a mistake and put his call in the log? And how many out of some thousand qsos are busted with a diffe
The difference between my lowest 20m yagi (19m) and the highest alone (44m) usually is already 10db at the east cost and 15db to the mid west. With 1W out from my SDR1000 my signal is at N2II is the
Why do you say "we" if you mean I? For me all that you decribe it is nothing else then cheating if one is taking advantage of other means then the radio to get qsos 73 Peter Hi out there, I'm just a
Jeff must be a heavy man if he needs two chairs at once ;-)) 73 Peter I am not a SO2R operator and, unless my property grows significantly, I doubt I ever will be but I must say it is nice to see the
Looking into the rules for the ARRL contest it seems that there is no slot for single op/single band "assisted". 3.1. Single Operator: 3.1 2. Single Band. 3.1.2.1. A participant may submit only one s
DL3YM completed the one weekend WAS, he did it on 20m http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/2008-February/150967.html For the second year in a row, there was no SD station available for us at YR
In 1965 I used an old WWII WS19. It did not show any "honest" S-meter reading. And I wonder what you read nowadays with AGC "off" Or have a look on amateur equipment and their S-meter readings, most
sorry the reports are "550db/µV9" 5.316mV9" of course 73 Peter I wonder what you are going to log if I send you my "honest report" as 5950db/µV or 59.316mV ___________________________________________
What are you worrying about clusters? Do single op, not assisted and be happy 73 Peter N4ZR: It is likely, based on CPU loading considerations, that a real reverse beacon capability worldwide will de
The fun for a serious DXpedtion IS to manage big pileups, not to run lists with a "master of ceremony" 73 Peter In "spot everything mode, it reports every station it hears - you can imagine how usefu
The logging program automatically integrates calls and frequencies into the band map as it´s reading the Telnet messages 73 Peter However , what I don't quite see is how the average Joe, or even the
Bad news: they want qrp stations to sign call/qrp. That is not allowed in Germany. Only /m, /mm, /am and /p is possible 73 Peter Great news! Russian DX Contest wil adopt, starting in 2008, Open Log P
No, it is not. At the time the RST reporting system was developed S-meters were entirely not existing. http://www.hamuniverse.com/rst.html Most S-meters are useless for signal strength measurement an
It´s the same common sense with dx expeditions, they always give 59 to make a qso valid? 73 Peter <snip> SSB contesters know that it pays to speak fast. I'm a casual contester and even I can say "fiv
When listening for 3B7C and 3B9C I always heard those mindless 59(9) reports in every qso. Have you been only cooking as a team member there? Then, those who prefer to mindlessly repeat 59(9) in ever
I feel quite comfortable operating my station remote from the shack in my living room from time to time. Before using TRX-Manager I was using wireless microphone and headset which did not allow to qs
I run skeds on 40m every Wednesday with New Jersey at 00:00 UTC on 7150 We learned that 7178 or 7183 are not too bad when diversion was necessary in Europe and atatesite around that time 73 Peter A g
Time to ban computers and other gimmicks from the shack. Just the man, his radio, straight key and the paper log ;-)) Will be interesting to see whether a "traditional" category will evolve besides a