Glenn, 1) He may have listened to you for the past 5 minutes, eeking out your call sign letter by letter? 2) He would call you because he wants to make a contact? 3) If a station calls me at 20 wpm I
One resource to consider would be archival post card collection albums and pages. These can be fairly expensive because they are manufactured using materials that will not fade or change the color of
There must be some kind of ''hex' on the 2012 ARRL 10m Contest. I looked for my position and UBN report and found nothing. It appears I forgot to send mine in too, although I did claim a score on our
So the obvious question is... how was the battery initially charged before it was brought to Field Day and put into service? Was it sitting in your garage on a trickle charger during the prior week (
/"However we have learned here that the robot doesn't tell time like ordinary folks..."/ Yeah butt... :-) [Theoretically] what if the robot HAS been programmed to allow 12:00 to 1:00 timestamps to qu
/"Should this be publicized more clearly?"/ All joking aside, I think the examples you provided are clear enough. To avoid the unwelcome surprises, it would call for your examples to be published whe
In my not so humble opinion, rules should not be created in a vacuum with disregard to the reality of staffing HQ stations within different countries. As can be seen, a radio/telecommunication author
What value or benefit do you perceive you will receive from acquiring this information? 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN -- I never tried this but in a contest class of single op with no assistance would this
I recently updated my VSWR charting tool and posted Revision 5 to this Dropbox location: https://www.dropbox.com/l/EEansReMFYlcOH0ZcAmD29 Using this new version allows you to chart both "before and a
Yeah butt... He was running "assisted"... using the cluster, a database, or worked you on another band. He already knew your information and he didn't need to waste time listening for it again. :-) B
Wake up! Following the rules and exhibiting good sportsmanship is not a universal trait. You would expect it would be easy and natural to follow the rules of the road (highway). But take a look at th
That capability is built into the N1MM program already. It's call the "N1MM Logger.ini" file. When you are satisfied that you have a fully functional, stable configuration, just make a copy of that f
I was reminded that the (default) Windows Restore Point capability does NOT backup/restore personal files, which in the N1MM Logger case I sited, would fall into this category (ini would not be resto
no! No! NO! Mark... you just need to create a desirable resettlement policy that will entice the world's contesters to move to your country(s)! Maybe give away parcels of land for free if the contest
Get ready for another heated thread... "...so I often call a station before I know who it is." You are violating rule #5 of the Contesting Code of Ethics: http://contestuniversity.com/attachments/The
/"Band open to CA from NM, but you need the IA station you can't hear. Both of you should point west for best copy."/ I find this true, especially trying to work ND and SD, the next states west of MN
/"The error in the example above is that K1ZZ would never call a station without hearing the callsign first."/ Yeah butt... W1XYZ might be Dave's last multiplier needed for a sweep and he's trying to
Hello Richard, The robot is not expecting a value other than 0 or 1 for the transmitter number (last number on each line). I suspect (guessing) this is correct for a Multi-Two category. Check your Ca
CQ has been improving their website over the years, making it even "more excellent"! It is prudent to check their "Logs Received" webpage to make certain you sent your log. But more important, it ver
Dave, you beat me to the keyboard! It will take some time for the CQ team to compare previous log submissions against this one. And the effect of the new category could take more than a "once in a ro