A couple weeks ago I asked here for advice on how to upgrade my shack/office computer to a faster machine and more modern OS, and still retain DOS-based functionality (CT, Hyperlog, and multiple seri
I Didja log him??? <grin> 73, de Hans, K0HB -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~james
Well, we >>COULD<< just copy the info off the air instead of depending on crutches in the software to feed it into the log. <BSEG> 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb __________
October2005 do...... How about "one that scores what the operator actually sent on the air presuming you copied it correctly", throw away our crutches and "walk" unaided like real radiomen? <BSEG> 7
If that's true, then the idea that this contest is about the skills and talents of RADIO operators is laughable. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb ____________________________
Maybe CQ/ARRL should jointly sponsor a bunch of highway billboards "Hey, Kids, join thousands of participants in worldwide game of electronic splat-ball. Events almost every weekend. Free software a
-- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb Makes some sense, but if "what follows" (Zone in the case of CQWW) is ignored by the sponsor when scoring your log, then this explanation/reason doesn't bear up
Un chasseur sachant chasser chasse sans son chien. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contest
CONTESTER I propose the following: A Ate B Bait C Cue D Double-U E Eight F Five G Gnu H Hue I Ide J Jay K Knot L Late M Mate N Nine O One P Pneumatic Q Queue R Rate S Sea T Three U Ute V Vee W Why X
-- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb with Not a flame, Rex, but a different view. I also spent some time (21 years) as a blue water sailor, and retired as a Master Chief Radioman from the Navy. I'v
While Danny may shoot me for saying it, it's great to see so many QRPers in contesting. But it seems that many of them feel they need to send slooooooow and use "words twice" procedure to get their m
guy send I stand properly chastised. "NIL NIL" it is. Thanks to all for keeping me honest. 73, de Hans, K0HB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contes
Several years ago someone here used the term "expose yourself" as a Sweepstakes strategy. In that writers terminology, it meant that he'd periodically switch his run frequency to different neighborh
Kelly got it exactly right! See here --> http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html for another persuasive argument in support. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb __________
Contesting -- really competitive contesting -- is all about trying to develop skills that will be difficult for the other players to duplicate, thus tilting the playing field in your favor. SO2R is
The Day I Learned Some Humility or "Don't Ever Send QRQ To SUQ" Uncle Sam kept me busy in my youth as a Navy radioman, sending me on many expense-paid cruises to all manner of exciting places, includ
don't every win. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO! 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http:
Author: "K0HB " <k-zero-hb@earthlink.net>(by way of Jim Reisert AD1C<jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:15:24 -0500
The IARU representative from the US is the ARRL. The ITU representatives come from FCC, Dept of State, NTIA, and from various industry "working group" appointments. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.ho
Was it just me, or did there seem to be a dramatically younger set of "CHECKS" on SS Phone as compared to SS CW two weeks ago? 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________
It's just 2 hours since the end of the SS Phone contest and I already have 52 QSLs at LoTW! 73, de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb _______________________________________________ CQ