Those are fine, but I'd have trouble controlling myself at times if my call ended in "FU" ! Ty K3MM I'll add W7 Yogi-Bear in Montana! - KI5DR - K6VVA <dx35@hilding.com> wrote: The following station F
Ty K3MM Tony, YES, In all three of our MP's. I have no testing equipment to chart the improvement in the MP's. Running MP's side by side the mod radio clearly hears much better. Big improvment over
160 was very good from here as well as was 80. I worked NM on 160, but somehow missed it on 40 and couldn't get a pass back there. I think I heard XE as well, but didn't work it. I did work ZF2NT on
No. All you have to do is say that all antennas must be confined to an area with a 100ft or 30 meter radius. There should also be a height limitation of , say, 70 feet max for all antennas. RX antenn
No, I'm saying single element for the wires/vertical category, but also add the space limitation to eliminate bizarre things like rhombics, beverages, etc. that most people don't have the space to co
Of course, we'll have the Force Radio Gestapo conduct raids on suspects stations and cut off their privates for violations! Geez! How do we enforce ANY contest rules? Who cares about loading coils? T
Rules have to be measureable and enforceable and trying to specify a gain limitation would be anything but that IMHO... How would you calculate ground losses, odd configurations due to space limitati
Answer: Bluetooth! Ty K3MM These cordless devices most of the time use 27MHz as their TX/RX frequencies, so that explains why you block it out working on 28MHz. However I do not understand why it get
I spearheaded the W3AO digital operation last year and it's actually become a significant part of our score. PSK is where it's at and the operators seem to have gotten much better about "contest mode
As long as you have enough isolation between antennas you are fine. Keep em lined up end to end and separated a bit and it should be fine. e. It is hard to envision the PSK users interfering with CW
Re: RTTY on 160, there has been a lot of talk on the RTTY reflectors about 160 skeds, activity hours and the like, so that's not too surprising. Ty K3MM There's an old Dilbert cartoon in which Wally
Contest secret, Part 2: Try RTTY. You can do an entire contest without speaker or headphones, in absolute silence. XYL approved. :-) Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ Uuhhhh
Yes, as one of those dastardly RTTY contesters, we have no choice. More importantly, the DX we are trying to work has a lot less choice. For instance JA's are supposed to stay between 7025 and 7030,
I guess I don't count. I was around 7028 almost all last night! You CW Sprint guys are bouncing all over the band with your silly QSY rule that is designed to disrupt every net and rag chew for 50 kc
Only problem with grid squares is that they arent really square. They get smaller as you move away from the equator. Ty K3MM That still penalizes clubs where a given state is chopped into multiple se
Nonsense. I used my original double-boxed styrofoam blocked container for several airline trips into the Caribbean, etc., with no ill effects. Either it wasn't double boxed and/or the shipping compan
Huh? How is the Dunestar "smarter" than the ICE? I've found the ICE units to be more reliable, especially less prone to abuse damage by improper impedances, ie. high voltage damage. ICE uses silver m
If memory serves, this contest started up under the Digital Journal or perhaps even before that before it went under CQ. At any rate, back then some felt that either 30 hrs was plenty of time to work
With the long exchange, it's a big help to S&P'ers to have the call in the exchange so they can tell who's frequency it really is, make sure it wasn't a busted spot, and/or figure out if a QSO is jus
We'll be using traditional packet and skimmer spotting networks at W3AO. A good source is the reversebeacon.net web site. You can telnet direct to them or pick one or two receiver sites close to you