At 03:04 PM 1/17/2004, TNeill1648@aol.com wrote: With the DX Telnet network on the Internet intended for DX spotting, why do we get so much domestic clutter from stateside stations spotting other sta
At 12:25 PM 1/30/2004, Hanlon, Steve wrote: recently i was reading some tips about working different bands. one of the more notable concerned the correct way to search a band. conventional wisdom is
** The ARRL Letter Vol. 23, No. 07 February 13, 2004 ** The Amateur Radio contesting community is mourning the death of James A. "Jim" White, K4OJ, (ex-K1ZX and ex-WA1NNC), of Seffner, Florida. The w
At 11:31 PM 2/13/2004, Eugene Walsh N2AA wrote: In this archive, on 4 February 04, is a post which is "CLASSIC OJ"! And the URL is... http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2004-02/msg
More so than in the past, I seemed to hear a lot of missing leading dits this weekend, i.e. AD1C came out as TD1C. * Was my break-in delay set too slow? * Are more stations forgetting to key their am
One obvious point I forgot to mention was that I was *NOT* using an amplifier. So the PTT delay is a non-issue for me. - Jim == Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +9
At 11:57 AM 2/23/2004, K3FT wrote: There was ONE station that was sending an incremented contact serial number in the 'POWER' spot in the exchange. I listened to him for a couple mins and noted that
At 11:07 AM 2/25/2004, Bill Turner wrote: I've never understood what packet adds to the contest experience. I used packet once or twice back in the nineties and have never used it since. Wouldn't it
** The ARRL Letter Vol. 23, No. 09 February 27, 2004 ** The ARRL Foundation has bestowed the 2003 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award on QST Contributing Editor H. Ward Silver, N0AX, of Vashon I
The WL_CTY.DAT file was broken (thanks to Dick WC1M for noticing it). You can download cty-1401.zip or WL_CTY.DAT from the web page again. The file parameters are: 3/02/2004 23:16 41,422 wl_cty.dat S
Yesterday was not my day. * The link from CTY.ZIP to the latest file was still pointing to the OLD file. Make sure you get CTY-1401.ZIP when you download CTY.ZIP. * WL_CTY.DAT was broken, thanks to D
Hi Rag, Until 40 meters is "fixed" in 2009, this will continue to be a problem. There is a simple solution: until Europeans STOP answering us when we listen below 7.040, we will continue to do so. If
Know your radio inside and out. Look at the TRANSMIT light every time you go key-down and see where you're transmitting. My personal pet peeve is DX spots that don't spot a QSX frequency properly (o
At 10:49 PM 3/4/2004, Ellen White, W1YL wrote: Just want all of you to know that K4OJ arranged for the superb conditions. And you know Jim preferred CW because of the "wonderful" conditions during th
At 08:13 PM 3/7/2004, Tree wrote: The problem of chopping off leading dits has always been one of my personal hot buttons. Does anyone on the 'net know if the IC-781 asserts PTT before any RF comes o
And we who listened only below 7.050 (at least when Bruce was tuning around) paid the price. KC1XX did not work ZF2 on 40 meters during the contest. 73 - Jim AD1C == Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Co
At 01:44 PM 3/12/2004, Andrew Faber wrote: Does anyone have a current recommendation for an rfi-proof telephone that I could buy to use for telephone interference testing? Radio Shack was supposed to
I find it interesting, in light of N6AA's golf anology, how these discussions gain the most strength when the sunspots are waning. It seems to me that when conditions are good and multiple bands are
At 08:32 PM 3/18/2004, Paul D. Schrader wrote: 1) One idea is for all East coast stations to point their beams 180 degrees from normal when working Europe. Normal for all other directions. And the QR
Barry, this is an extreme view of packet. Operators who use packet (SOA[U] and Multi-ops) have learned how to time WHEN to head for a spot. Remember, your run frequency is at stake. Once you get ther