This is absolutely not true. There are many contests who have created Cabrillo-compatible formats that use a signal report. The big problem occurred when the contest sponsor removed the signal report
I noticed this as well last night (after commenting on Rick's post). I agree that it probably has a lot to do with having always done things this way in the past. I also noticed that things pretty we
In my back yard, of course! Congrats to Brenden. Perhaps he might find a contest QSO with KB6YMN, my 14 YO General (named Michael). Looks like the yooungsters are taking over! - Jack Brindle, W6FB --
I'm biased, but I would go with a new Elecraft K3. It pushes state of the art well beyond the current generation of rigs. Definitely well worth the wait! - Jack Brindle, W6FB -- -- __________________
Interesting that this discussion is coming from the DC area. I believe they call this process "jerrymandering," a process which tends to bend and contort district boundaries in an effort to make sure
I used to have a bunch of 1625s, and have seen a few 807s. If beer bottles used to look like those, they were truly strange. I bet they were hard to drink from... - Jack Brindle, W6FB -- -- _________
I've heard of a one-horse town, but this is the first time I have heard of contests being measured in units of bananas... I guess SS would be a 16 banana contest. - Jack Brindle, W6FB -- -- _________
Dave; Can you explain what is going on with that page? At the very top I see NX5M with 1748 QSOs and 112 multipliers. Yet farther down the page indicates that he/they have no 10 meter QSOs or multipl
Wow! Congratulations. Impressive. I suspect your achievement is not just due to a great station, but excellent operator skills as well, both things I definitely could learn from. I can also tell that
You didn't look very hard. When the radio is connected to the computer, the radio's frequency is polled periodically and recorded with the QSO. Even if it isn't connected, the program stores what it
Yeah, I remember those days. Two-meter spotting nets that have been replaced by packet cluster. Stations running "California Kilowatts." The more things change, the more they stay the same. Packet cl
In a bit of defense of Locust, and yet realizing that he posted the ponder in jest, it actually would not be very difficult at all to create a transmitter that maintained an output power of 150 watts
And then back to zero. It is far better than that. The sunspot that was identified was located at 24 degrees latitude, with a reversed polarity, meaning it was a cycle 24 spot! Progress. Remember, th
This sounds strangely like a discussion that W1FB and I had back when K1TN and I were colleagues at ARRL (1977). Doug argued that for ham radio, computers were in the world of esoterics. Doug quickly
Ward; Congrats on the Dayton award. As we have seen, you have definitely earned it! This is where I disagree. The use of memory keyers did not significantly change contest operation until they became
Guy; I'm definitely not anti-SO2R, just as I'm not anti-Skimmer. Just trying to find some common ground among all the arguments. Having listened to some SO2R CDs, I very much appreciate the skills th
Sun Micro is... Check it out - http://www.sunspotworld.com/ They are small sensor controllers with a big price - $750 for a kit. For educators it drops to $299... And they are wireless! But they stil
It's a very good upgrade from the Rate Sheet. Ward is doing excellent work here, even if he did put the "Busted QSOs" section up front in big letters! If you'd like to _skim_ the issue, or read throu
Yeah, doggone it. Ended the non-spot count at 52 days. Not big enough to actually do anything. - Jack Brindle, W6FB -- -- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Co
While Jeff is right, there are widespread power and communications outages across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana. Flooding is worse that was seen during Hurricane Rita three years ago. 75 met