- 41. [CQ-Contest] Why a new contest? (score: 1)
- Author: "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:14:35 -0400
- Some of the scoring suggestions seem intriguing to me. The creation of a new, major, contest to employ them seems unlikely. Meanwhile, tradition abounds and has value - changing the scoring system fo
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2011-07/msg00039.html (7,467 bytes)
- 42. [CQ-Contest] Bandpass filter (score: 1)
- Author: "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 15:20:41 -0400
- I've run C31XRs at two different QTHs, with triple feedlines on any two bands at the same time, at 1.5 KW, with zero problems for 48 straight hours. In both cases the feedlines came to stubs, then Du
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2012-07/msg00055.html (8,534 bytes)
- 43. [CQ-Contest] Shack Table Height (score: 1)
- Author: "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:44:44 -0400
- Operated on a 29 1/2 inch table for many years and always felt it was a little low. Added a sheet of 3/4 finished plywood on top to get a bigger top out of the same table base, and at about 30 1/4 in
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2012-09/msg00220.html (6,957 bytes)
- 44. [CQ-Contest] 3830 and Yahoo Mail (score: 1)
- Author: "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 07:39:36 -0500
- I'm genuinely surprised anyone is subscribed to 3830. I am keenly interested in the results and soapbox comments on 3830, but; I go to the 3830 archives site and open up the current day and read the
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2012-12/msg00054.html (7,066 bytes)
- 45. [CQ-Contest] Non-Assisted vs. Assisted (score: 1)
- Author: "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:09:14 -0500
- I don't have a personal stake in the debate as I always run assisted and claim it that way. I do it because I enjoy the interplay of the technology. Meanwhile, it is accepted that to date the best SO
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-01/msg00314.html (8,394 bytes)
- 46. [CQ-Contest] Error free RBN (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Kennedy <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:41:20 -0400
- I may be by myself all alone out in the woods with this opinion, but I like the RBN having errors. The "image problem" is probably something worth filtering out to the degree technically possible, bu
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-07/msg00142.html (7,738 bytes)
- 47. [CQ-Contest] Amps (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Kennedy <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 14:08:46 -0500
- In answer to the question about which amps for SO2R, I run a pair of ACOM 2000A's. Good: - Very reliable - Tube cost relatively low - Full power. Loafs at 1500W out. Many of the "full power" amps are
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-12/msg00010.html (7,696 bytes)
- 48. [CQ-Contest] QSLs (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Kennedy <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 15:01:17 -0500
- Please keep them coming. I have 225,000 Qs in LOTW, confirmations there are always welcome. But, I would prefer a paper card. I have a 160 QSL scrapbook I like to show visitors - can't do that by rol
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-12/msg00101.html (6,878 bytes)
- 49. [CQ-Contest] SSB Sprint - W4ANs View (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Kennedy <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:51:56 -0400
- I remembered Bill, W4AN, expressing his dislike for SSB Sprint on this reflector more than once. Here is an excerpt from a February 2004 post, under the heading: "Bad Sprint Ideas:" Dumb contest. No,
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2014-09/msg00128.html (8,677 bytes)
- 50. [CQ-Contest] Logging /QRP (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Kennedy <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:43:28 -0500
- Perhaps someone can fill me in on what happens when I work someone signing W1XYZ/QRP and I log him as W1XYZ? Which I do all the time. /QRP may mean something to the sender but on this receiving end i
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2014-12/msg00418.html (6,835 bytes)
- 51. Re: [CQ-Contest] Boom Mic / Headset (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Kennedy <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:00:37 -0500
- WWW.[modmic].com These are great. A small magnetic cam glues to your existing phones. The mic is fully adjustable and pulls off and on. It weights less than an ounce. The web page virtually always sa
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2014-12/msg00470.html (9,054 bytes)
- 52. [CQ-Contest] Posting Scores (score: 1)
- Author: halken <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:39:54 -0400
- Does anyone have a copy of TRLog in FORTRAN? I'd like to run it on my IBM 1130. I have the good one - the one with 16K of CORE and a line printer... Hal N4GG Rich - N5ZC TRLOG with DOS handles paddle
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2015-04/msg00002.html (10,260 bytes)
- 53. [CQ-Contest] TO7A Debacle - A few Questions (score: 1)
- Author: halken <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 14:38:26 -0400
- With due respect to the two gentlemen who have suggest we have beat this one to death and it's time to move on, I'd like to comment (for the first time) and pose a question or two. - I agree with Dav
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2015-05/msg00432.html (8,655 bytes)
- 54. Re: [CQ-Contest] DX Contest scoring schemes (score: 1)
- Author: halken <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 15:18:18 -0400
- Kudos to Bill and John. I will be QRV in a few hours, breaking the surly bonds of the CQ-Contest reflector. I am operating down in a hole, in a CC neighborhood with simple, hidden wire antennas. I ca
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2015-05/msg00774.html (10,569 bytes)
- 55. [CQ-Contest] LP SO2R with no filters? (score: 1)
- Author: halken <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:20:49 -0400
- Hi Mike - Pete and others have made some good suggestions. SO2R without filters is certainly possible. Many have done it, including myself. You can proceed risk-free with a simple test. Transmit on o
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2015-06/msg00130.html (13,285 bytes)
- 56. Re: [CQ-Contest] Future of Paper Certificates (score: 1)
- Author: halken <halken@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:08:52 -0400
- Me too - I'm keeping my subscription. There's only two amateur radio magazines of note: CQ and QST (which is partially a house organ). I like the articles, they cover DX'peditions well and always hav
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2015-08/msg00257.html (10,448 bytes)
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