Is this really an issue? The FTx bandwidth is a fraction of most modes. So if there are multiple streams per instance, the occupied BW is still pretty minimal. And contest results are going to be
Wow, that is amazing. I had no idea the products were so bad. I wonder what is at the root cause of that. I was not advocating a rule violation - simply questioning the argument that the occupied b
I worked a LOT of dupes in the RU this year. Some were coming for the 3rd time on the same band! In this contest it's not uncommon but just seemed more than the usual - I suppose that's a reflectio
It was pretty funny Mike. But unfortunately in a "watch me shoot my foot" sort of way. I got into contesting way too late and missed whatever it was that drove the no-dupes obsession back in the da
Bill, There is no such thing as an easy answer on this. But with a bit of study, you can get a handle on the issue and the magnitude of the fix needed. I would recommend you track down the W2VJN bo
The limited success of RTTY on a dxpedition is not due to the mode specifically. Rahter it's because callers tend to work RTTY like they do a CW pileup, but generally with even less skill. On top o
Mike, Good you are getting that filtering added. SO2r without filtering is a recipe for frying front ends. Guess luck has been in your favor. On the stub location, outside is fine. In fact all my
Here's the quick & dirty reply to the "get it in the right place along the line" placement worry. 1. Build your stub and get it ready for install 2. Measure the amplitude of the 2nd harmonic on whate
Another explanation is that they may have directional RX antennas pointing NE - where the majority of contacts are - while running omni-type TX antennas. 73/jeff/ac0c alpha-charlie-zero-charlie www.a
I'm not much of a QSO party participant. And thought that the KS qso party would not be much of an event either when I signed up for a special event callsign a couple of years back. So I was comple
I'm personally hoping that Bud will be so overwhelmed by his new contest administration duties that he won't be able to participate in some of his favorite contests. Specifically the RTTY ones! :)
This is no different than having a car that can exceed the speed limit. Is it the fault of the car maker for providing car capable of excess speed? Or is it the fault of the driver. The responsibil
My first mentor WB0SSB Larry told me to never insult another man's radio. Even if it's junk by my view, and even if 99 out of 100 other hams would say it's junk. The rule applies - don't talk smack
Don't stop there Jim, maybe you could provide a supplemental list that specifically calls out the rigs that are acceptable in this respect. And perhaps your objective metric that provides the dividi
It's interesting the original rationale for this included references to the "that's how we do it in the CQ WPX RTTY version." While that's true - the RTTY WPX has no separate unassisted category, I
In the RU and the CQ DX, there are seperate specific categories. Here's how the CQ WW DX contest lists it: *2. QSO finding assistance:* The use of any technology or other source that provides call si
You make a good point Ed. I don't like CW SS because I'm not a very good CW op, relatively speaking - and you need to have some actual CW skill to do well in SS. CQ WPX CW is easy to work and for a
Randy, I can't keep track of the FTx assignments either. There must have been some good reason for sticking this FTx right in the middle of the already pretty narrow 80m RTTY range escapes me as wel
Like Ed, I generally run a wider roofing filter and rely on the decoder software to do the close in filtering. It takes a while to wrap your head around the idea that what we hear as humans is not r
This point that Ted makes - the FUN aspect - is in my opinion why FT8/FT4 contesting struggles. Yes, it's fun to make FT8/FT4 contacts initially. And the underlying technology is about as cool as it