I get a smattering of contacts who just want an HS contact; I log them suspecting they will be a unique. I will enjoy my score regardless of any other evaluation. 73, Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______
Answer........... Typically and for example, a VU will call me, begin a ragchew, not know what contest it is and little about contesting. I prompt him to give me a number; he invariably gives me a ON
Hello, I am looking for a mic/headphone switch that does this and only this....... FRONT Mic in Headphone listening via this socket. Switch A and B REAR Two mic outputs, switch from front panel. Two
Tnx suggestions but way overkill for my need, which is just to make easy the use of one Heil Pro 7 and one squeeze key and one PTT footswitch (from Heil socket) into one or the other of two radios, b
I now have a fully functioning K3/P3 set up with the vga output to a monitor... send and rcve keyboard RTTY. I also have an IC-7800 with an attached large monitor. Comparing the two on RTTY. IC is a
Do any of the DX Universities teach how top DX ops run splits? -I.E., when the DX listens "up 5 to10" does he change listening frequencies after each contact? -Does he have freqs programmed into sele
Sad direction of the evolution of High Speed Ops is cut number for call sign, no 5NN at all, cut numbers, and end in one dit. Why not do as I did, I got our club E2E, or EAE. 73, Charly On Tue, Feb 2
Hey, there is a HS5 "over here." I try to set my sending speed a few WPM over the hi speed guys. Chuckles hearing them try to get HS. Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW ________________________________________
Citing magazine articles I can not get is not helpful One of you complainers, who knows something, post THE WAY TO ADJUST TO AVOID CLICKS. Simple directions. Thanks, Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW ________
I hold a K4 and a HS call sign, and depending on local interpretation of my permit papers also in 9N, A5, VU, and V2. Theoretically, I could use remotes in any of those places where allowed and after
One could add that when a non-NA ham realizes all the ARRL contests are made for those in NA, the enthusiasm wanes for waiting around just to work (again!) some USA guys ... that is just not so much
I recommend use of "ten key less" short keyboard for ham desk. The full sized ones take up lots of space. Actually, computer use is basically incompatible with old fashioned ham radio operating. The
Let it go. The conditions that made ham radio exciting, ground breaking, and FUN are over. There is no allure of the unknown and no excitement of talking with real people of the world. Those were and
Altho I have a high tech posture chair, Steelcase cost a fortune, this WPX gave me a sore lower back. I replicated my listening posture and I had pressed my head forward and down.... toward the rig..
The popular logging program, log4OM, is showing its map and FT4JA located in the Atlantic on the WEST side of Africa. Actually FT4JA is close to Madagascar. FYI Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________
only 2points for 9M. Yes, the SAME island. 73, Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
This proposal is coming late because at the time when mandatory CW testing stopped there were very good automatic CW decoders coming available. The prediction of the death of CW due to no need to lea
Fritz....... You can use USPS with special rates for overseas or any other carrier to mail your cards directly to the National QSL Buro for each country that has one. Those addresses should be availa
I opposed removing printed scores and went through three sample QSTs and found wasted column inches here and there to discard that just about equaled the page space for scores. Sent that to the Edito
N0SFH......... the Library of Congress findings about preservation concluded that stone, granite often chosen for at least 10,000 years, is the most long lasting preservation material. The problem wi