Nah, K1AR will still win all the categories! :-) -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint:
For all scores posted using the web form, I think Bruce Horn & Co. could deliver a database that's suitable for analysis, assuming everyone filled in all the required information (i.e. checking off t
Igor that is true. However, assuming that score reductions are applied fairly, analysis of the pre-judged 3830 results should show the same trends/differences as analysis of the final scores. 73 - Ji
Dude, check out the writelog reflector. There has been a lot of discussion this week. 73 - Jim AD1C == Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@a
In the MARAC CW contest (Mobile Amateur Radio Club), the scoring was changed in 1996. However, the scorekeeper, Norm W3DYA tracks the records by adjusting the current score to the old scoring rules:
Great, plenty of time for me to work on the next country file update! -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.
CQ/RJ WPX contest. Happens every year. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78
New countries for ARRL DX CW from: http://www.k1ea.com/cty/ 17 February 2003 (CTY-1301) * Added DP1POL to callsign list for Antarctica, CE9. * Added KL7NL (in NC) to callsign list for United States,
Good question, Pete. My theory is band compression. When fewer bands are open simultaneously, there will be more people on each open band tuning around. When fewer bands are *expected* to be open sim
In case that URL didn't work for you, here's a shorter one that does work: http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/SKU.asp?PageType=1&SKU=376928 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, N
Hi there folks, New country files are available for this weekend's ARRL DX contest from http://www.k1ea.com/cty Please see the README.TXT file for instructions on using them with your particular logg
Another way to look at it: DX nominally has 60 KHz to transmit (7040-7100). USA has 150 KHz (7150-7300), minus the broadcast QRM, of course. That's over twice as much! So the DX is already at a disad
On CW, avoid letters with the same symbol three-in-a-row, like: B (dah-dit-dit-dit) H (dit-dit-dit-dit) J (dit-dah-dah-dah) O (dah-dah-dah) S (dit-dit-dit) V (dit-dit-dit-dah) Multiple dits in a row
Hi Ken, I went through the same thing this winter after reading a number of articles on the Internet. Here's what I did (all shopping done on the web): - replaced all those noisy case fans, power sup
As of today, I have reverted CT to a freeware program. The software can be picked up at http://www.k1ea.com/ctvault/, without a password. Support will be via the users group replector: ct-user@contes
This seems to be a failure of the http://www.contesting.com web site. There are two places on that site that would have served the same purpose: * Contesting News as the top. I see Michigan QSO Party
Just because something is prohibited doesn't mean you can't do it. If they don't submit logs, they can do ANYTHING they want, as long as it is within their license privledges. 73 - Jim AD1C == Jim Re
This data is next to meaningless to me. Have you ever gone to DX Summit and put out a spot through the web interface? It asks you to type your call in as the spotting station. How many people type th
This is exactly what CT Partner Mode is designed for. The "partner" can type in a callsign, and the run operator can elect to work his own callsign, or with one keystroke, grab the partner's callsign
Here are the top ten prizes NOT given out at the Dayton Contest Dinner: 10. Two slices of pizza at midnite 9. Home Depot ground radial kit 8. French-to-English dictionary 7. CT by K1EA (download requ