Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:58:48 -0500
This is known as Amateur Radio Direction Finding, or ARDF. There is a steadily growing amount of ARDF activity in the United States and Canada. Interestingly, major ARDF meets in North America in rec
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:14:00 -0800
Those who are promoting the DX cluster technology and those that are "griping" about it are not the same sets of people. A lot of people would like to "de-promote" the technology. -- Kenneth E. Harke
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 06:53:38 -0800
It should be obvious to most now that packet presents serious challenges to fair play in radiosport. Not only is the use of packet spots by an operator who claims to be unassisted a problem, but the
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 11:41:30 -0800
I believe it happens _a lot_ in the larger contest clubs. Check out this example from 2002: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2002-03/msg00080.html This happened more-or-less spon
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:41:39 -0800
There is none at present. This is a relatively new phenomenon on the packet cluster network. It's only been two or three years since I first noticed it, and ZF2MM in early 2002 was the first to reall
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:27:30 -0800
Absolutely. Even after a few years of serious phone contesting, I find that I have a much better chance of understanding what someone is saying the second time I hear them transmit. The very first ti
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:28:56 -0800
It's not just the SS - it's in the General Rules for All ARRL Contests. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ CQ-
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:10:44 -0800
Actually, the original post was inquiring about the possible availability of a cordless headset (headphones plus boom microphone.) The closest fit to ham radio might be this Plantronics headset: http
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:01:50 -0800
Consider how the PacketCluster system works today, with no authentication or other security mechanisms in place to ensure that the spotter is legitimately who they say they are. The PacketCluster sys
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:30:00 -0800
Can you back up that assertion that contest activity is "flat or declining" with data? On HF, it is exactly the opposite of my personal observation. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:08:38 -0800
The 2002 ARRL 10 Meter Contest had more log submissions than any previous ARRL contest in history. The number of submissions in the 10 Meter Contest in 2003 was slightly down, but so was propagation.
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:32:26 -0800
FWIW, I am almost exclusively a phone contester, so that will affect my perception vs. a CW-only contester. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 05:59:22 -0800
The ARRL June VHF QSO Party is definitely a real contest. For most of North America, it is the highest-participation VHF contest of the year. Or do VHF contests not count in your estimation? -- Kenne
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:12:13 -0800
The NCJ was not originally an ARRL publication. It started out as a small, self-published newsletter. As it grew in size and subscriber base, eventually a deal was struck with the ARRL to support it'
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:28:30 -0800
ARRL Member already do get contest scores online weeks, if not a whole month, before the printed issues of QST arrive. Right now, the results of the 2004 ARRL August UHF Contest are online, but have
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 07:31:35 -0800
Perhaps you've misunderstood. Even though the ARRL publishes the NCJ, the ARRL does not determine the content ofthe NCJ. The editor of QST is not the editor of the NCJ, and the contest administrators
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:47:51 -0800
There seems to be a lot of ARRL-bashing on the list recently. While I was very disappointed at the decision to remove line scores from QST myself (and made sure my Division Director understood my poi
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:04:38 -0800
Yes, you should leave the dupes in the log. -- Kenneth E. Harker WM5R kenharker@kenharker.com http://www.kenharker.com/ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Cont