With 3830, we pretty much know the results, as long as people post their score. If you explain that knowing how you placed takes a year without telling them any other aspect of the story, sure, it pu
If winning is the only goal, then being beat by a cheater is a real downer. If you finish #2 behind a cheater, and they are not caught, you are still the winner among your peers. Yes, it does not go
Albert, Extra class hams in mainland USA have a lower band-edge of 7.125 for SSB,. so no issue, unless they are below that frequency (7128 for safety). If an op accidentally transmits below 7125 due
Ignorance of the law is not an excuse, but I bet 100% of those calling you, Ed, are clicking on a spot and not realizing it is split. Gerry _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest
It takes less than 1/2 second to say "out of band" if someone calls you and they are out of band. I presume you do this, Ed. Not pointing at you. However, the station who accepts QSOs from an out-of-
Mike, I've built a LOT of contesting computers form off-lease Dell boxes; they are all very good as far as RF interference. Generally, they are sold for office environments, where they must meet more
Thanks, Mike -- you are right. But, in the commerical PCs, the RFI shielding tends to be much better -- don't get that. I know it's a cost issue on the "home" pcs. Thanks for the reminder! 73, Gerry
Agreed, Ron! Put a $100 Samsung 850 256G SSD in those 755's and they wiil boot Windows 7/8 in 3 seconds. Turns an OK PC into a rocket. 73, Gerry W1VE _______________________________________________ C
Sunshine is the best remedy. The single best act Randy has done is making the logs public. Now, crowd sourcing of log review is a pretty simple effort. SDR + RBN + crowdsourcing: pretty much no way t
"Diddly-squat" That's how much resources are required to record a contest. http://www.hamradiomap.com/qsorder/ QSORecorder works with N1MM, and records the content of every completed QSO -- storing a
Hi Dave, I understand your frustration. However, WPX is world-wide, and a lot of good stuff is in in the lower 25KHz. Unless it is daytime in the US, the percentage of stations to work (as US general
I've been running it for about 5 months, on both a Parallels VM on Mac, as well as a Quadcore Intel desktop. I've been using N1MM and N1MM+ on it, and find no issues at all. If you don't like the Win
Fellow Contesters, This is for those interested in VHF, UHF and Microwave contesting. The ARRL has changed the rules for self-spotting above 50 MHz. You can now self spot. However, because different
Ed, you missed the memo. http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-okays-changes-to-dxcc-program-vhf-and-above-contesting-rules I've been doing VHF contests at a very high level for almost 30 years. Some Q
Lots of great comments here. No "wrong" opinions. We all see the value of this experiment differently. Yes, a spot from a guy 150 miles away not be of help to a small station on 6 meters... but that
I know this won't change, but the committee blew it regarding ARRL DX and M/S... M/S is only one class. So, you can only operate HP to get max qualification points for WRTC2018? That does not make se
Lots of EMCOM types at FD: "In order to be good at EMCOM, you must first be a great communicator. Contesters win by being effective communicators. They know how to build radio systems that are heard,
Well, I won't be doing SO2R, but I am doing something "on the edge". FD is a great time to show people new things. At our field day, K1BKE (K1B this year), we will be running 4A in NH. I'll be doing
Nope, I got a club call, so J would not have to do with the QSLs. VY1AAA will be used for the remote ops from J's station. 74, Gerry W1VE _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest ma
LOL! Mike, I have club calls in NF, ON and YT. It allows me to operate without signing portable. (Hate long calls in contests!) A good thing. As I said in a previous email, it relieves the QSL burden