So, let me see if I understand you correctly. As long as the stationhas a signal that is spectrally pure, does not have objectional technical characteristics and is otherwise "OK" then its no big dea
Not to bust anyone's bubble.. but when I operated as a commercial Marine CW operator at a Maryland Coast station WMH, I stood sole man watches. It was normal to have to monitor multiple radios on mul
Our receivers at WMH were set to scan across a band of freuqencies - sorta like doing 24 hours/7 days a week S&P, HI! The only time they stopped scanning is when the operator chose to manually stop t
It appears, based on Dave's post (where he notes) "... Pressure from peers is a start. I know some of the stations I fingered in the beginning have been contacted by friends who pointed out what they
Sorry, guys to borrow the reflector. Richard Norton posted a message here about some software for contest log checking. I tried to reply privately but some kind of inbound blocking software exists. R
Frank Witt AH1X had a VERY good antenna (inverted vee) which covers BOTH CW and SSB on 80/75. It has a double dip SWR point. Uses a coaxial stub system to do that. I believe it's in the ARRL Antenna
RE: NEQP observation"The Mid Atlantic QSO Party (MAQP) will be held from 1600Z Saturday 8 May through 2400Z Sunday 9 May. Full details (rules/software/updates/data) can be found on http://www.qsl.net
If you participated in the just-completed Mid Atlantic QSO Party (MAQP) and wish to submit logs, please submit them (using a 'LOG' extension in your file) via attachment to your EMAIL to logsmaqp@yah
I wonder.. HOW do institutions that I transact financial business with on the Internet (like my bank) manage to do all that stuff without a snail mail original registration? I seem to recall that the
This is a problem that has been around EVER since the first 'helpful' database tool came into usage in ham radio computing. The problem does not need to be addressed. WHY? There are MORE than adequat
I'm kinda amazed why all the concern about a small, small, small possibility of someone spoofing the system (like some small, small amount of people haven't 'spoofed' the DXCC award system with paste
If you participated in the just completed Mid-Atlantic QSO Party and wanted to see if your log had been successfully received, please check the MAQP website under 'LOGS RECEIVED' URL is - http://www.
See ARRL website link http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/06/28/2/?nc=1 This tells story of Cedar Rapids, IA BPL test bed where supplier (Alliant) is pulling the plug. Read the story, read between
If you participated in the 2004 Mid-Atlantic QSO Party (MAQP) this notice lets you know that the log checking is complete. Results have been produced and shall be posted on the MAQP website within th
Someone mentioned State QSO parties. The MDC QSO Party is coming up in August. See http://www.w3cwc.org or do a search on MDC QSO PARTY. Put on by the Antietam Radio Association in Hagerstown, MD. It
Go to the ARRL's web site. There is an article which tells of one communities' decision to discontinue their BPL trials due to security and interference concerns. They are going to pursue wireless (2
14 - 15 August 2004 Maryland-DC QSO Party Rules/info/details at www.w3cwc.org Click on the MDC QSO party link. 73 Chuck K3FT _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ
Just quick reminder. Starting 1600Z tomorrow (Sat) MD QSO Party 14 - 15 August 2004 Maryland-DC QSO Party Rules/info/details at www.w3cwc.org Click on the MDC QSO party link. 73 Chuck K3FT __________
The bottom line, in the case of ham radio contests, is this.. No matter HOW many 'safeguards' you design into Rules No matter HOW many penalties you design into Rules It ALL comes down to the integri
Additional item... Some people will adopt a 'win at any cost, regardless of ethics' OR will justify what they do by thinking, "well, it's just a LITTLE BIT (fill in blanks with an excuse). What diffe