Tune your station up in preparation for FQP and CQP. Join us on Feb 1st in the Minnesota QSO Party (formerly "Frostbite Falls Beach Party"). See Feb QST contest corral for details. Free logger at htt
Can a BEACONet CQ be used to provide notification to alert you that a particular station is active on some other frequenc(ies)? 73, de Hans, K0HB While this will be very useful for DXers, I believe i
EXACTLY! I don't have the skill set to pull it off, but I admire those who do. 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all
That's sort of like asking -- "Has electronic keyer operating evolved to the point ......" or "Has directional antenna operating evolved to the point ....." or "Has computer logging evolved to the po
In Kurt Vonneguts' short story "Harrison Bergeron" there is an envious character, Diana Moon Glompers, a sixty-year-old virgin who, by almost anybody's standards, was too dumb to live. She holds the
I agree. Let's do away with ASSISTED. If you use packet you go into the "multi-op" category. Packet isn't a skill like SO2R, it's a crutch like super-check-partial. 73, de Hans, K0HB RadioSport Minne
Absolutely!!!! Supercheck-partial is outside assistance, like contestants having a dictionary at the national spelling bee. Also logging programs that automagically fill in the zone in CQWW. 73, de H
For one glorious year I had bragging rights to the Dakota Division record for SS LP Phone. The next year a better operator, N0BSH (now K9NW), at a better station, N0AT, took it away from me by a huge
I don't agree. If the QSO's/mults were there, then anyone else can work them too. There are some SO1R guys who can suck clean a band like a giant Shop-Vac picking up every available QSO/mult, while o
SS The reference sheet I read was in error. N0BSH was not guest op at N0AT. Sorry for not verifying my source, but the basic message still stands. A single-op is a single-op. 73, Hans, K0HB
If you're primarily a CW contester, try to find a call with little or no dits .... my call is HORRIBLE as the dits get lost in the noise. Thus a call like K8MM, K8TTT, or something similar would be p
I am not an FCC lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, but I don't think using his call gives you his operating privileges unless you have the same level of privileges. A General licensee cannot operat
Hey N7MAL, It doesn't mean W2UP was moronic, it meant his opinion was different than yours, it's neither right or wrong just different. Accept his opinion for what it is, his opinion, and get over y
Ken, it's April 2nd, not April 1st. Seriously, I've always consider CT one of the biggest bargains in amateur radio, and I would have gladly contributed a yearly honorarium just to keep on the updat
Whatley still keeps his license current, but I've not heard him on the air in ages. Hangs out on internet Vietnam vet groups. There was a big difference between W2OY and WA4D. "OY" was an old curmud
The annual meeting of the IOoDHW is called to order. First item on the agenda is a report from ES5TV. contest IOoDHW = International Order of Dismayed Hand Wringers
together! I fervently second the motion. Let's make radiosport a test of human operating skills, not a pathetic exercise in chasing down the crippled game that someone else has pointed out to them.
I will be visiting Dusseldorf for perhaps two weeks in late May. Actually my XYL will be visiting her sister and I will be largely bored, so will be happy to meet local DXers/Contesters who can intro