I took a couple of pieces of 1"x6"x36" boards, a piano hinge, a couple of springs and a momentary pushbutton switch made for sort of cabinet interlock system and made my own footswitch. It works like
Wouldn't it be simpler and more fair all around to just include in the contest rules that a valid exchange consists of both station's callsigns? 73, dale, kg5u _______________________________________
Generally there is time saved... By the run station: he just ignores your request for his call and proceeds to the next qso... dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
For those who are concerned about the greying of ham radio, those who are concerned about where new, young hams are going to come from, for those who are concerned about making ham radio fun for kids
Sprint ain't broke. Stop trying to get it fixed. 73, Dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/l
Hmmmm.... Could some of it be that back then there weren't so many people listening to others call CQ until they quit? Dale, kg5u _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing l
Yes, it would be great. However, I wonder about: 1. Would Tree and/or whomever may be involved in post-contest log processing want to deal with processing two more sets of Sprints a year? You do want
Granted this seems lame to those of us who contest on the air and routinely make DX QSO's. For those who are challenged in whatever way that may prevent them from doing what we get to or are able to
Hey, Bill, at least you have some repeater activity there. I'm continually amazed to find Houston's repeater frequencies a vast wasteland of silence. Even during rush hour, you're lucky if you can f
Check out: http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/audio/sprint_practice/ K5TR, K7QO and KE5C put them together. One can make one's own CW practice 'tapes' by getting one of the cheap/freeware wave-to-mp3 converter
Gee, David, I think My Omni VI's have all or most of those features you find desirable: 1. Speaker, audio output, audio/mic input, keyer/computer CW input, paddle input for internal keyer. The jacks
LOL If memory serves, Jeff, didn't one well known radio manufacturer use RCA jacks for RF input on their amps well before the creation of ETO? I think their name was Collins. Both the 30L1's and the
David, Can you take a regular 8pin plug, cut the backshell such that you can draw the cable directly out sideways. With a big ole glop of epoxy into the wired up connector and backshell, you should b
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This week, I built a small interface to get on and operate PSK. Neat mode. I downloaded and installed Digipan software to use on PSK. Digipan (and many other PSK software) features a waterfall, a con
I believe that Tom should submit his scores as a multi-op. 73, dale, kg5u -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http
How critical is name spelling in NAQP/NAS? If I work K8GT and he gives me "Gerry" without phonetics, am I penalized if I put "Jerry" in the exchange field? 73, dale, kg5u -- The world's top contester
No. Not when there is a large group of amateur radio operators out there who cannot spell 'amateur'. If we could teach them to spell better, then I'm sure they'd write a note telling us 'Congradulat
Great news! Riley for president! What!!?? And risk invoking the Peter Principle? He's doing a great job where he is. ;-) 73, dale, kg5u -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFF