contest can slice onions. Sounds like great ideas and a whole bunch of coordinated fun. Although I have to admit, I think it is fixed! It's really unfair to any other sections because MN/Dakota will
OK, please don't flame me for throwing a wet blanket on this idea. Isn't the very idea of a *contest* 180 degrees opposite of what would need to take place in a real disaster? Contests get the blood
An article on emergency communications in the news. Check out http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/07/10/sans.ham.radio.idg/index.html Ford-N0FP ford@cmgate.com -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://lists.contestin
I agree. The two notions of contest and emergency are a natural blend of skills. What's nifty is that it brings two great elements of ham radio together in a single effort for the common good. I envi
The data transfer is key to this contest. We need tools fellas. A tool that accomplishes the handling of REAL traffic. I imagine some of you binary guys out there could whip up a nifty software packa
What better time to elmer a VHF convert! Show them how a real station works. Show them how exciting this radio sport can be. It's the integration of these two great facets of Ham Radio that appeals t
visibility bunch happen) be Would that be me? This is not a one man operation. Foist it all on me and you might see something useful in the year 2014. The basket of skills necessary are not a one-man
Having participated in Field Day for years, this a completely different animal. Field day allows us to hone our skills related to the "emergency" part of the equation. What I am talking about is an o
W7ISD points out: the aimed all Day Having participated in SET last year, I was ashamed to say WE need some work fellas. It's no reflection on the organizers or the participants. It is simply fact...
How poetic to receive the new award in the mail today. Today is the second day of the 2002 CQ WW 160 DX Contest. I open the mail and find this... Year 2000 certificate of merit. In recognition of the
Thanks. With such a pathetic score, my first emotion was "How the heck did this happen? Where were the rest of the guys?" I had no idea I was Top Dog in MN. It gives rise to a general observation, ve
I am leaving at 4PM CST to a meeting where Dakota Division Director Bellows will be speaking at a MN Wireless Association meeting. I am sure there will be a Q&A session. What, if any, specific questi
take a more proactive approach in helping to mediate some of the disruption complaints? League finances. Do they see an upside of any sort? The ARRL supports contesting. "You can't swing a dead cat a
The letter was looked at by all. The help is welcome. Bellows believed that the outside panel making a proposal was the wrong approach and that it should be one of mutual cooperation between the wor
Since I didn't tape record the meeting, I am paraphrasing the answers the best I can. Others at the meeting can and should correct me if my reporting is somehow unfaithful to the tenor of Mr. Bellows
They are adherents. I think we do need to do everything. I can see I'll have to ask some questions. I could never understand how contesters get lumped with traffic. I guess one was borne from the ot
It is interesting to note that when you go to the ARRL site and look at "headquarters staff" under "contact information," there are at least 6 or 8 people that have "DXCC" something (clerk, assistant
Is a radio capable of operation on two separate frequencies (dual receivers) considered 2 radios for SO2R? If I understand it correctly, a dual receiver radio is not SO2R. So if I use the receiver on