Yes. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
I delete the QSO after several times asking NR? NR? and then sending NIL which I still don't get a number. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont
Hi Yuri, Letters are NOT numbers. Further, go back and read the posts noting that CW numbers are DESIGNED to be easy to copy under difficult conditions. We can miss hearing part of a character due to
I strongly agree. I've worked a fair number of contests (and sometimes chase DX) running 5w, but would never use QRP with my call. It's just plain dumb. 73, Jim K9YC _________________________________
Mostly. But see below. I've done some QRP on 160M. It doesn't take long to figure out which stations have good RX antennas. :) How much skill does it take to have a weak signal? Success with QRP also
Having been on both sides if this, I think a calling station too weak to copy is doing the running station a favor by giving up when the running station is busy. An important thing you learn when you
On Mon,12/22/2014 3:54 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote: I think N1MM can be set up to disable ESM logging of dupes in S&P mode, and some people run with N1MM in S&P mode. But the regular "log" button will work.
Talk to K4LTA. He's blind, and an active CW contester. I've never heard him on SSB. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http
Yamaha CM500. If you had to, would you buy it again? YES! This is a VERY comfortable headset that I can wear for as much of a long contest as I can sit in the chair (my best recent BIC time was 32 ho
I tried on one of these headsets and found it to be VERY UN-comfortable. Also VERY expensive. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
Phantom power is the system used by professional BALANCED microphones. The Standard is for up to 48V applied equally through resistors in the range of 6.8K ohms to pins 2 and the of the XLR connector
If you have the real estate and the dollars to support those stacks, sure. BUT -- having operated stations at the top of high ridges, they are the clear winner for moderate budgets. I ran QRP on FD f
I believe that's an incorrect conclusion, Steve. N6BV, HFTA's author, recommends making multiple runs to rule out the granularity issue that you noted. That is, he suggests modeling not at single hei
It's pretty easy to generate Call History files from your own log. I've done that for several contests using N1MM. I open the oldest log for each contest, use the Tools command to clear the Call Hist
That's fine -- I signed Robin celebrating the life of Robin Williams in Sprint SSB last fall, and Carl last weekend in celebration of the live of Carl Cook, AI6V. I and most of us in the civilized wo
Hi Dave, See comments interspersed. That's normal -- it's wired that way, I think, for compatibility with a wide range of computer stuff. 1270 ohms tip to shell with negative ohmmeter lead on shell 8
When the smoke comes out of the front end transistor. :) Is this too much signal? See above. W2VJN's excellent "Managing Interstation Interference" addresses this, and is a must-read. Lots of detaile
I beg to differ. There's a VERY good reason, and, IMO, is the same reason why the Canadian sections are grouped together for some contests -- insufficient activity. This is a reality of our modern wo
Hi David, I just went through 8 years of logs, about 110,000 QSOs. K3VOA is in my log once, for 2008 ARRL 10M. N8HM is in my log once -- 2014 WPX RTTY. W3HAC is in my log once, for SSB SS in 2014. W3
It isn't surprising that you failed to work every station that was on in a contest -- I never have either! Unlike most DC contesters, I enter most contests with a full bore effort. When I miss a mult