Again, I don't think that this topic is a strict numbers game. At 35-40wpm ae5e is difficult to copy unless sent VERY carefully, which might take longer than your estimation. Second, you've got to fa
Author: "Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO)" <ke1fo@arrl.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:46:20 -0500
I have 2 problems with the W5XD keyer - there is very limited support outside of WriteLog (please correct me on this if I'm wrong because I'd love to have some options!) - In my experience, it has to
Author: "Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO)" <ke1fo@arrl.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:10:52 -0500
local Not such a great idea for the Phone weekend of the contest! _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailma
Author: "Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO)" <ke1fo@arrl.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:01:26 -0500
NO. My contest software already does this. Giving me real time UBN feedback would change contesting, because knowing I miscopied the serial number of the double mult I just worked would case me to j
Lee, I've got a .46 acre lot that is trapezoidal in shape, with the back yard being smaller than the front. I have a 30 foot tower with a C3S, a 40/20 parallel dipole at 25 feet and an HF2V, all in t
Hello Chris, I'm far from an experienced SO2R operator, however here's a few cents of input. In addition to learning to copy 2 audio streams at once, is to learn to pickup on the rhythm of the statio
Hello fellow contesters, In the recent NCJ article by K0SR about Quad construction, he mentions that the best way to feed a quad is to feed each band independently and use a switch mounted on the mas
I only got one of these, and here's my scenario: KE1FO: CQ NA KE1FO KE1FO CQ NA W6ABC: DE W6ABC 599 TOM CA TU 73 KE1FO: W6ABC AL AL VT VT TU QRZ NA KE1FO In my 1 scenario, the station who called me w
What really baffles me about this whole mountain (I mean molehill) is that it has long been established that the ASSISTED category might better be called the DISTRACTED category. Why won't the same t
Only if ARRL wants to exclude Skimmer from it's contests. Who's to say the rules aren't intentionally vague - mabye to encourage innovation? 73 de Al, KE1FO __________________________________________
Dave, I've found that using Firefox I can scroll the window to wherever I want and then every time the page refreshes it automatically goes back to that spot. I usually clear a small space in the low
Dale, SO2R operating goes a long way to fix the concerns you have. And RTTY is a fairly forgiving mode (similar to CW) when it comes to weak signals, so you could get away with a barefoot 2nd rig and
Hello fellow contesters. As you know, the World Contest Station Database that had been maintained by N4ZR for many years disappeared recently. W1VE has generously offered space on the getscores.org s
All of these answers sound great. So much of this answer is dependent upon your specific station setup and contest strategy that it's very hard to give an answer. Here's my HO on what to think about
I don't believe this is correct. I know folks are using dxdoublers with success and I believe if it's not already there, MK2R protocol support is coming. 73 de Al, KE1FO -- Visit my amateur radio con
Why not? Can I post my own log? Can I post a link to someone's log instead of the actual log? I just don't get all the worry about public logs, etc. Isn't there a piece of amateur radio about mentori
I would also agree, and point out that waiting doesn't always have to do with "the other radio" and an operator that's not ready for "prime time". Maybe the call processing takes some time. Maybe che
Hi everyone, I'm looking for some post contest log analysis software. Here's what I know: - SH5 - links seem to be defunct - K0RC spreadsheets - only for specific contests I thought there was somethi
I came across several guys working "packet runs" where they would not give their call over the 3 or 4 q's it took me to get heard. I'd always ask for their call when they came back to me - "cl? tu 5n
This same topic of new categories and being able to do well gets batted around every year at least once. It also rarely goes anywhere, at least with the contest sponsors. Local contest clubs should b