I remember opening up one of these a loooong time ago. It just takes a can opener. Then you can solder it back together. As a kid I was given one that didnt work so I had nothing to lose. It wasnt pr
Greetings Diddlers: Well conditions have certainly been less than optimum, hopefully 20 will be back this week. Were still having good turnout, but the lower bands are definitely the place to be. Wel
Greetings Diddlers: Really good group last week, with a few recently missing calls popping back up. K2AL, WQ5L were back in the mix with their rare mults! OK, Ill grant you that RTTY is not at the to
Greetings Diddlers: Another active session last week, with a spate of new calls. Welcome to (I believe) first timers AA9L, WB5K, KZ9V and VE2FK. That was a real boost for the mult total. N5TIT, K2AL,
Greetings Diddlers: I guess few of you are interested in RTTY this week given the upcoming weekend. For us non-phone types, there isnt a great deal going on either. But hey! Thats a great reason to j
Greetings Diddlers: Im sure NS is not on your short list this week, but if youre just hanging around the shack on Thursday evening, shake off the tryptophan effects and fire up the radio(s)! Probably
Greetings Diddlers: Looks like a busy RTTY weekend coming up. All ready? Everything working? Are you sure? Don't take a chance: join us Thursday evening and make sure everything is plugged in correct
Greetings Diddlers: Last week was a little thin on stations (and I suffered computer problems) so lets get a few more active. I see a few have not made the mental switch to standard time, so write yo
Greetings Diddlers: Activity is still a little thin, so if youve been waiting for a chance to jump in without the usual cacophony of diddles on Thursday evening, make this your private invitation. Fi
You know, we could negate the effect of packet if we just moved to Sprint QSY rules. (ducks) Ken K6MR Because Tom, it changes the whole dynamic and mechanics of the contest. Right now, rare sections
Mike: Rule 6. Seems pretty plain to me. Packet is not allowed for single op, and discouraged for Multi op. Local skimmers appear to be ok, but grudgingly. SP appears to be an attempt to hold on to Bo
I didnt CQ at all so didnt have a sense of the pileups. But a few times when I found some odd DX station the pile built pretty quickly Ken K6MR Agree 100% Ken. If you look at 3830 (which is only a fr
Greetings Diddlers: Okay, this is not a week for serious contest prep. But, before you know it the ARRL RTTY Roundup will be upon us (a little over two weeks)! So rather than waiting until the night
Greetings Diddlers: The countdown has begun: RTTY Roundup is just 10 days away. Time to find the mode switch, deal with the inevitable software glitch thats crept into your system, and get everything
If you dont operate phone much, u2R from MicroHam. Yes, it aint cheap but the quality and operation is outstanding. MK2R+ does much more but now you are talking mortgage. I had one before my big fire
Greetings Diddlers: OK, this is your last chance to check things out before the upcoming RTTY RU. Yes, there will likely be a practice session on Friday evening, but why wait until the last minute? J
Greetings Diddlers: Nothing like the week before a big RTTY event to liven up Thursday night! Old timer W1UJ was back again, and newcomers K3PP, AA5B, and AC0E made their first appearances. Welcome a
Greetings Diddlers: Well it looks like this upcoming weekend is RTTY free as far as sponsored activity goes. Couple of things happening that apparently require something called a microphone. I think
Greetings Diddlers: Good group last week with newcomers AJ4XP (Bob) and AA7V (Steve) in for the first time. KB1RI and K2XA were also back for more sprinting fun. AA7V is a CW regular, so hes joining
I think the proper English words would be self spot. It seems the contest committee is charging him with spotting himself using different spotter calls from his own QTH (thus the reference to IP addr